Role of Sonography for Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies

Foreign body ingestion is frequently encountered in children. The locations of the foreign bodies and the period during which they have been present in the thorax and abdomen are important for determining the method and timing of treatment. Although plain radiography and computed tomography are prim...

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Published inJournal of ultrasound in medicine Vol. 35; no. 12; pp. 2723 - 2732
Main Authors Hosokawa, Takahiro, Yamada, Yoshitake, Sato, Yumiko, Tanami, Yutaka, Nanbu, Ryosuke, Hagiwara, Shin-ichiro, Oguma, Eiji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 01.12.2016
Subjects
Adolescent
Child, Preschool
dynamic sonography
Endoscopy
Female
Foreign Bodies - diagnostic imaging
Foreign Bodies - surgery
foreign material
Gastrointestinal Tract - diagnostic imaging
Gastrointestinal Tract - surgery
guidelines
Humans
Infant
Male
pediatric ultrasound
Retrospective Studies
sonography
Ultrasonography - methods
guidelines
pediatric ultrasound
dynamic sonography
foreign material
sonography
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Summary:Foreign body ingestion is frequently encountered in children. The locations of the foreign bodies and the period during which they have been present in the thorax and abdomen are important for determining the method and timing of treatment. Although plain radiography and computed tomography are primarily used for assessment of foreign bodies, sonography without radiation is also useful for diagnosis of foreign bodies. This report describes 5 cases of foreign bodies in the digestive tract and the usefulness of sonography for real‐time evaluation of foreign bodies with high spatial resolution. Physicians can use sonography along with radiography and computed tomography in cases involving foreign bodies.
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ISSN:0278-4297
1550-9613
DOI:10.7863/ultra.16.01042