Korean Journal of Radiology

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Gastrointestinal Emergency in Neonates and Infants: A Pictorial Essay

  • Gayoung Choi (Department of Radiology, Korea University Ansan Hospital) ;
  • Bo-Kyung Je (Department of Radiology, Korea University Ansan Hospital) ;
  • Yu Jin Kim (Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2021.02.03
  • Accepted : 2021.09.13
  • Published : 2022.01.01
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Abstract

Gastrointestinal (GI) emergencies in neonates and infants encompass from the beginning to the end of the GI tract. Both congenital and acquired conditions can cause various GI emergencies in neonates and infants. Given the overlapping or nonspecific clinical findings of many different neonatal and infantile GI emergencies and the unique characteristics of this age group, appropriate imaging is key to accurate and timely diagnosis while avoiding unnecessary radiation hazard and medical costs. In this paper, we discuss the radiological findings of essential neonatal and infantile GI emergencies, including esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, duodenal atresia, malrotation, midgut volvulus for upper GI emergencies, and jejunoileal atresia, meconium ileus, meconium plug syndrome, meconium peritonitis, Hirschsprung disease, anorectal malformation, necrotizing enterocolitis, and intussusception for lower GI emergencies.

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Acknowledgement

We thank to Chaeyoun Oh for his surgical resources.

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