CONTROVERSIES IN ABDOMINAL IMAGING

Traditionally, imaging of the abdomen in children has been performed b y plain film radiography and barium contrast studies. Ln many clinical situations, this approach has been modified or replaced by ultrasound examination. A review of imaging of the infant with vomiting with an emphasis on malrotation and hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and the inve stigation of children with suspected intussusception is used to illust rate controversies and evolving strategies for imaging in children.