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Role Of Ultrasonography For Diagnosis Of Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain, Mahmoud Kadry Elgendy, Mohammed Abo Elnaga Mohammed, Mohammed A. Abd Elghaffar

Al-Azhar International Medical Journal

Background: Ultrasound is very useful in assessment of acute abdomen in pediatric age groups, such as intussusceptions, acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis ,renal stones and mesenteric lymphadenitis. As equipment and techniques improve, its role in the examination of infants and children continues to increase. Aim of Work: to evaluate role of ultrasonography for diagnosis of pediatric acute abdominal pain. Patients and Methods: Our study was conducted in Al-Azhar University from April 2021 to April 2022 and enrolled 30 cases of pediatric age group presented with acute abdomen 16 female & 14 male. In our study was examined by the same radiologist …