Neonatal and pediatric ultrasonography-part II

Abstract

Pediatric patients are commonly presented to the veterinarian because of signs 9 referable to the abdominal cavity. Presenting signs can be due to congenital anomalies, 10 dietary indiscretion, parasitic infestation and infectious disease. Abdominal ultrasound 11 examination is a particularly useful diagnostic tool in the pediatric patient because it is 12 noninvasive and can usually be performed without sedation or anesthesia. Ultrasonography 13 provides valuable clinical information about the peritoneal cavity, great vessels, abdominal 14 viscera and lymph nodes and thus greatly facilitates diagnostic differentiation between congenital and acquired disorders.1 15 Ultrasonographic techniques will be described in this 16 paper.