20 research outputs found
L’ecografia con mezzo di contrasto (CEUS) nello studio delle anomalie vascolari in età pediatrica: risultati preliminari
No full textA 4-year-old child presenting morning onset of spontaneous tracheal rupture due to bronchial mucous plug occlusion during the nighttime sleep: a case report.
No full textObstructive primary bladder neck disease: Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of alpha (1)-blockers
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The pediatric gastrointestinal tract. ultrasound findings in acute diseases
No full textThe study of the gastrointestinal tract by imaging, particularly using ultrasound, is a required instrument for diagnosis of acute and chronic gastrointestinal pathologies in pediatric age. Actually, ultrasound plays an increasing role in the evaluation of gastrointestinal tract in neonatal and pediatric patients because of their small body habitus and the presence of less fat tissue in the abdominal wall and peritoneal cavity. Ultrasound has certain advantages, thanks to the new wide-spectrum frequency probes able to assess a detailed study of the morphological aspects and functional characteristics of bowel loops, adding a new dimension to the imaging of this body system. In this paper, we review anatomy, ultrasound technique and sonographic findings of bowel pathology frequently encountered in neonatal and pediatric emergency setting
Correction to: Paediatric neck ultrasonography: a pictorial essay
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Mesenteric Lipoblastoma and Cervical Lipoblastomatosis: Ultrasound, Elastosonography, and Computed Tomography Findings in Two Children
No full textLipoblastomas are benign tumors of the embryonic lipoid cells mainly occurring in infancy and early childhood. They are clinicopathologically distinguished in two forms: the well-circumscribed and localized type and the diffuse, irregularly confined type with infiltrative growth pattern, also called lipoblastomatosis. We report two pediatric cases of a mesentery localized and cervical diffuse lipoblastomas investigated both with ultrasound and computed tomography examinations
A retrospective multicentric analysis on testicular torsion: is there still something to learn?
No full textINTRODUCTION AND AIM: Speedy diagnosis are mandatory in testicular torsion, nevertheless some cases of irreversible ischemia still occur. In this study we analysed the results of patients undergoing surgical exploration for acute scrotum.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A multicentric retrospective clinical evaluation was carried out on patients who underwent urgent scrotal exploration at 12 different departments in North-Eastern Italy. Data included complete anagraphic information, clinical presentation, numeric pain rating scale, previous testicular surgery, Doppler serial ultrasonography (US) evaluation and concordance with surgical findings, testicular mobility, surgical treatment, staged or concurrent treatment of the contralateral gonad. Statistical analysis was conducted both for descriptive and inferential statistics with SPSS v26.RESULTS: Three hundred and sixty-eight cases were collected between January 2010 and June 2019. The time between symptom onset and ER access time was within 6h in majority of patients. However, 17.4% of subject presented after more than 12h. In patients undergoing US, this showed signs of ischemia in 237 patients (77.2%) and normal vascularisation in 70 (22.8%) of whom 26 had signs of testicular torsion at surgical exploration. Overall, the US data were concordant with the surgical findings in 254 cases (82.7%). A significant association was found between time-to-evaluation and time-to-treatment and the need for orchiectomy (p<0.01).CONCLUSION: Testicular torsion management is still challenging in terms of time-saving decision making. Scrotal US is helpful, but even in the contemporary its sensitivity is low era in a non-neglectable number of cases, therefore surgical exploration is warranted in acute scrotum when torsion cannot be ruled out, even when US shows vascularisation
