Ultrasound scan is a painless and radiation-free imaging modality and, therefore, it is widely considered the first-choice diagnostic tool in the setting of hepatopathies in paediatric patients. This article focuses on the normal ultrasound anatomy of the liver in neonatal and paediatric age and reviews the ultrasound appearance of the most common diffuse and focal liver affections.
Paediatric liver ultrasound: a pictorial essay / Di Serafino, Marco; Severino, Rosa; Gioioso, Matilde; Rossi, Eugenio; Vezzali, Norberto; Pelliccia, Piernicola; Caprio, Maria Grazia; Acampora, Ciro; Iorio, Raffaele; Vallone, Gianfrancio. - In: JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND. - ISSN 1876-7931. - 23:(2020), pp. 87-103. [10.1007/s40477-018-0352-z]
Paediatric liver ultrasound: a pictorial essay
Di Serafino, Marco;Severino, Rosa;Gioioso, Matilde;Caprio, Maria Grazia;Iorio, Raffaele;
2020
Abstract
Ultrasound scan is a painless and radiation-free imaging modality and, therefore, it is widely considered the first-choice diagnostic tool in the setting of hepatopathies in paediatric patients. This article focuses on the normal ultrasound anatomy of the liver in neonatal and paediatric age and reviews the ultrasound appearance of the most common diffuse and focal liver affections.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
