Abstract :
Background: Pain abdomen is common symptom in children, increasing use of abdominal ultrasound in the screening and follow-up of patients with pain abdomen, enlargement of the regional mesenteric lymph nodes have become a fairly common finding, particularly in children and young adults.Aims: Evaluation of mesenteric lymph nodes by ultrasonography and its clinical correlation in pediatric patients.Objectives: 1. To evaluate the ultra-sonographic spectrum of mesenteric lymph nodes and assess the various sonographic patterns involved. 2. To study the clinical correlation of mesenteric lymphadenitis with the symptoms of pediatric patients.Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in Radio-diagnosis Department, S.N. Medical College, Agra. The symptomatic patients presenting to the department of Radio-diagnosis with clinical history of fever, abdominal pain, nausea & vomiting referred from department of Pediatrics, SNMC, Agra were included in the study. All lymph nodes undergone grayscale ultrasound (US) & color flow imaging.Conclusion: Enlarged mesenteric lymph node is a common medical cause of abdominal pain in pediatric patients. It is a common self-limiting inflammatory process frequently caused by viral pathogen, affecting mesenteric lymph nodes in the abdomen. There is no any mortality and complication are noted with mesenteric adenitis.
Keyword :
Mesenteric lymphadenopathy, Ultrasonography, Abdominal Pain, SWUF-symptomatic with USG finding, SW/OUF-symptomatic without USG findings.