Abdominal Key

Infection Leukemia and lymphoma Portal hypertension Acute splenic sequestration in sickle cell anemia Lymphoproliferative diseases Collagenosis Langerhans cell histiocytosis Storage disorders Congestive heart failure Sarcoidosis Fig. 17.1 Splenomegaly—US—Sagittal view of…

Fig. 29.1 Twelve-year-old girl who presents typical cutaneous lesions of HSP Fig. 29.2 Seven-year-old-girl presenting acute abdominal pain and vomiting. HSP revealed by a hematoma of the wall of third…

Fig. 8.1 Choledochal cyst: (a) Prenatal ultrasound at 32 W GA showing the large cyst located in the liver pedicle (arrow) with a normal gallbladder (star). (b, c) Post-natal liver…

Fig. 13.1 Acute ileocolic intussusception in a 4-year-old-boy. (a) Transverse US section shows a target appearance (the crescent-in-doughnut sign). (b) Sagittal section demonstrated a multilayered structure giving the appearance of…

Fig. 30.1 Pneumonia masquerading as abdominal pain in a 7-year-old girl. (a) US of the left upper quadrant, above the diaphragm; hypoventilation of the left lung basis with pleural effusion…

Fig. 23.1 Ten-year-old boy, USD follow-up of a kidney transplant. USD reveals segmental thrombosis with absence of peripheral flow of the lower pole of the graft surrounded by an anechoic…

Fig. 11.1 Intussusception in a 2-year-old child. (a) Ultrasound reveals a multilayered structure with a hyperechoic center corresponding to fatty stromal remnant of the omphalomesenteric duct. (b) Post-operative resected MD…

Fig. 22.1 Infected urachal remnant (sinus)—4-week-old baby boy. Sagittal scan on the midline. Thickening of the urachus (arrows) extending from the umbilicus (U) till the dome of the bladder (B)…

Fig. 28.1 Ten-year-old boy with sickle cell disease and right hypochondrium pain. US shows a distended gallbladder with lithiasis and sludge 28.2.2 Splenic Complications In all congenital hemopathies, the spleen…