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Colonic diverticulitis in children
Figure legends
Figure 1. Ultrasonography for cecal diverticulitis
An outpouching diverticulum (arrow heads) from the lateral wall of the cecum (white
arrows) with markedly increased echogenicity of the surrounding fat (a) and increase in
arterial blood flow exhibiting a ring shape on color Doppler (b).
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Table. Patient demographics, symptoms and findings of imaging studies.
No
Age
Sex
Onset
Symptoms
US/CT
US or CT Findings
(y)
(days)
Fever
Pain
Anorexia
Vomit
Thick
Vascular flow
Ascites
Fat
Lymph
Stone
Antibiotics
Recurrence
(days)
(months)
Abscess
-ness
11
13
12
US
US
US
US
11
US
13
US
CMZ-3
US
CMZ-4
CT(E)
15
US
10
14
US
11
12
US
12
12
US
13
12
US
CMZ-2→TAZ-6
14
13
CT
CMZ-8
15
14
US
CMZ-5→SBTPC-3
16
12
US
CMZ-3→FOM-7
CMZ-5
CMZ-6
CMZ-2→TAZ-7
CMZ-7
CMZ-5
CMZ-5
TAZ-15
Onset: duration from onset of symptoms to admission, Pain: right quadrant abdominal pain, E: enhanced, Thickness: thickness of diverticulum wall, Vascular Flow: increased vascular flow of
diverticulum wall, Fat: increased echo brightness of surrounding fatty tissue, Lymph: lymph node swelling, Stone: feces stone,
CMZ: cefmetazole, TAZ: tazobactam / piperacillin, SBT-ABPC: sulbactam / ampicillin, FOM: fosfomycin
CMZ-4
CMZ-4
CMZ-6
17
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