Citation

Elabbassi-Skalli A, Ouzidane L, Maani K, Benjelloun A, Ksiyer M. Arch. Pediatr. 1998; 5(3): 269-273.

Vernacular Title

Traumatisme abdominal de l'enfant. Interet de l'echographie abdominale en

Affiliation

Service de radiologie pédiatrique, Hôpital d'enfants, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10327993

Abstract

UNLABELLED: Abdominal injuries are frequent in children. Their early assessment is the best guarantee for an accurate management. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seventy children with abdominal trauma were evaluated by early ultrasonography. RESULTS: This investigation found abnormalities in 52 patients, with hematic peritoneal effusion in 26 cases, renal lesion in 20 cases, hepatic lesion in ten cases, splenic lesion in seven cases and a lesion involving liver, spleen and pancreas in one case. Based on these results, surgery was performed in six cases. The remaining cases were simply supervised with a good prognosis. CONCLUSION: Ultrasonography represents the main investigation in children's abdominal trauma, allowing an early, efficient and non-costly morphological diagnosis. Computerized tomography (CT) scan has some particular indications.

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