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8151466

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
To reduce the risks of air-contrast barium enemas and colonoscopy, we studied the use of saline enemas for ultrasonographic examination of children with rectal bleeding. Thirty-nine children, from 2 years 8 months to 8 years 3 months of age, were examined. Juvenile colonic polyps were ultrasonographically demonstrated and histologically confirmed in 25 children; all the polyps were solitary and pedunculated, and were located in the splenic flexure in 3 children, the descending colon in 6, the sigmoid colon in 12, and the rectum in 4. Ultrasonographic findings by hydrocolonic ultrasonography were identical to those obtained by immersion ultrasonography of removed specimens. Hypoechoic areas within more hyperechoic polyps were shown histologically to be dilated glandular canals. The 14 children in whom no abnormal ultrasonographic findings were shown had no further rectal bleeding after resuming regular defecation, and 5 of these 14 had negative colonoscopic findings. No adverse reactions were noted in any child during or after the saline enema examination. We conclude that ultrasonographic examination with a saline enema is a safe and accurate method of assessing children with rectal bleeding, especially for the diagnosis of juvenile colonic polyps.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-3476
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
124
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
535-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Ultrasonographic diagnosis of juvenile colonic polyps.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article