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Bowel Wall Thickening on Computed Tomography in Children: A Novel Method of Measurement and its Clinical Significance

Title
Bowel Wall Thickening on Computed Tomography in Children: A Novel Method of Measurement and its Clinical Significance
Authors
Lee D.K.Cho K.Y.Cho H.-H.Seo J.W.
Ewha Authors
서정완조현혜
SCOPUS Author ID
서정완scopus; 조현혜scopus
Issue Date
2021
Journal Title
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
ISSN
2234-8646JCR Link
Citation
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 279 - 287
Keywords
Abdominal painBowel wall thickeningChildMultidetector computed tomography
Publisher
Korean Society of Pediartic Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Indexed
SCOPUS; KCI scopus
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Purpose: The clinical implications of bowel wall thickening (BWT) on abdominal computed tomography (CT) among children are unknown. We aimed to suggest a new method for measuring BWT and determining its clinical significance in children. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 423 patients with acute abdomen who underwent abdominal CT; 262 were classified into the BWT group. For this group, the pediatric radiologist described the maximal bowel wall thickness (MT), normal bowel wall thickness (mm) (NT), and their ratios for each segment of the bowel wall. Results: In the thickened bowel walls, the thickness differed significantly between the small bowel (6.83±2.14 mm; mean±standard deviation) and the colon (8.56±3.46 mm; p<0.001). The ratios of MT to NT in the small bowel (6.09±3.17) and the colon (7.58±3.70) were also significantly different (p<0.001). In the BWT group, 35 of 53 patients had positive fecal polymerase chain reaction results; 6 patients infected with viruses predominantly had BWT in the small intestine, while the terminal ileum and the colon were predominantly affected in 29 patients with bacterial infections. In the initially undiagnosed 158 patients with BWT, the symptoms improved spontaneously without progression to chronic gastrointestinal disease. Conclusion: This study provides a clinical reference value for BWT in the small intestine and colon using a new method in children. The BWT on abdominal CT in children might indicate nonspecific findings that can be observed and followed up without additional evaluation, unlike in adults. Copyright © 2021 by The Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
DOI
10.5223/PGHN.2021.24.3.279
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