caa a22 4500 475755235 CHVBK 20180406123536.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s002470000353 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s002470000353 Usefulness of ultrasonography in gastric foreign body retention [Elektronische Daten] [P. Spina, S. Minniti, R. Bragheri] Foreign-body ingestion occurs frequently in childhood. The diagnosis of ingestion is usually made by plain film radiography. Ultrasound is not routinely used in the investigation of gastric foreign bodies because of the limitations imposed by intestinal gas. This drawback can be overcome by distending the stomach with an anechoic liquid, which acts as an acoustic window. In a child who had ingested a coin, US performed after drinking tea was diagnostic and showed a hyperechoic image with an acoustic shadow inside the stomach. We believe that US is an appropriate technique for follow-up of gastric foreign bodies. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Spina P. Department of Paediatric Surgery, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy, IT aut Minniti S. Department of Paediatric Surgery, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy, IT aut Bragheri R. Department of Paediatric Surgery, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy, IT aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470000353 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470000353 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Spina P. Department of Paediatric Surgery, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy, IT aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Minniti S. Department of Paediatric Surgery, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy, IT aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bragheri R. Department of Paediatric Surgery, I. R. C. C. S. Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy, IT aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer