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ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND<br />

A<br />

B<br />

Figure 9.18 (A) Duplication cyst with thickened wall adjacent to bowel. (B) Typical ‘double’ wall seen in enteric<br />

duplication cysts.<br />

Table 9.6 Abdominal fluid-filled masses in<br />

paediatrics—differential diagnoses<br />

Choledochal cyst<br />

Mesenteric cyst<br />

Duplication cyst<br />

Hepatic cyst<br />

Pancreatic pseudocyst<br />

Epidermoid cyst of the spleen<br />

Lymphangioma<br />

Ovarian cyst<br />

Encysted fluid associated with ventriculoperitoneal<br />

shunt tubing<br />

Renal cyst or renal dilatation<br />

Cystic renal tumour<br />

duplication cysts cause a thoracic lesion with respiratory<br />

symptoms. Multiple cysts may be present.<br />

The fluid-filled lesion may demonstrate a spectrum<br />

of ultrasonic appearances, from anechoic to<br />

References<br />

1. McHugo JM, McKeown C, Brown MT et al. 1987<br />

Ultrasound findings in children with cystic fibrosis.<br />

British Journal of Radiology 60: 137–141.<br />

2. Williams SM, Goodman R, Thompson A, Mchugh K,<br />

Lindsell DRM. 2002 Ultrasound evaluation of liver<br />

hyperechoic, sometimes with gravity-dependent<br />

debris or blood. 38<br />

The wall is well defined and a hyperechoic inner<br />

rim of mucosa may be identified in some cases of<br />

intestinal duplication (Fig. 9.18). The cyst is<br />

closely related to the adjacent bowel and this can<br />

be appreciated on real-time scanning as the bowel<br />

peristalses. CT and MRI rarely add anything to the<br />

ultrasound information. Contrast radiography may<br />

show an extrinsic defect but communication with<br />

the cyst is rare.<br />

There are many causes of intra-abdominal cystic<br />

masses in children. (Table 10.6). The main differential<br />

diagnosis in the infant girl is from an ovarian<br />

cyst as the ovary is generally an intra-abdominal<br />

organ at this age. Useful indicators of an ovarian<br />

origin can be detected on careful sonography, by<br />

detecting some residual ovarian tissue in the cyst<br />

wall, and the finding of a clearly seen multifollicular<br />

ovary on one side with absent visualization of a<br />

definite ovary on the other side.<br />

disease in cystic fibrosis as part of an annual<br />

assessment clinic: a 9-year review. Clinical Radiology<br />

57: 365–370.<br />

3. Wilson-Sharpe RC, Irving HC, Brown RC et al. 1984<br />

Ultrasonography of the pancreas, liver and biliary

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