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Contrast‐Enhanced Colosonography for the Evaluation of Children With an Imperforate Anus
Author(s) -
Chow Jeanne S.,
Paltiel Harriet J.,
Padua Horacio M.,
McNamara Erin,
Dickie Belinda H.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.14948
Subject(s) - medicine , imperforate anus , contrast (vision) , fistula , anus , radiology , ultrasound , surgery , anatomy , artificial intelligence , computer science
This case series describes a novel method for showing the preoperative anatomy of children with anorectal malformations using ultrasound contrast, which we have termed “contrast‐enhanced colosonography (ceCS).” Six patients with anorectal malformations without a perineal fistula were studied both by fluoroscopic distal colostography and ceCS, and their results were confirmed surgically. Contrast‐enhanced CS precisely showed the complex anatomic relationships in all cases. Compared to traditional fluoroscopic studies, ceCS has the benefit of no associated ionizing radiation and thus is safer for children.