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

Caprio Maria Grazia;
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.
2020
Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini - IBB - Sede Napoli
Ultrasound
Liver
Paediatric
Diffuse hepatopathies
Focal liver lesions
Cholestasis
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