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Fluoroscopic and CT enteroclysis in children: initial experience, technical feasibility, and utility

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Background

Partial small-bowel obstruction can be difficult to diagnose on clinical examination. These obstructions might not be detected on routine abdominal/pelvic CT.

Objective

To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and techniques of fluoroscopic enteroclysis (FE) and CT enteroclysis (CTE), and to review their indications and findings in children.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively reviewed all enteroclysis studies in children younger than 18 years performed between January 2002 and March 2007. We correlated the results with other abdominal imaging and surgical and pathological findings.

Results

The review revealed 112 FE and 74 CTE studies performed in 175 children (mean age 14 years, range 3–18 years). FE and CTE studies were performed most commonly for evaluation of known Crohn disease (FE 38%, CTE 29%) and abdominal pain (FE 26%, CTE 26%). One FE study was terminated because of patient anxiety, and one CTE study was terminated because of patient discomfort. No complications of FE or CTE were reported. The findings were normal in 54% of the FE studies and 46% of the CTE studies. The most common small bowel diagnoses were Crohn disease (FE 34%, CTE 28%) and partial small bowel obstruction (FE 3%, CTE 10%). Two FE studies (2%) and 14 CTE studies (19%) showed abnormalities outside the small bowel. In 54 patients with inflammatory bowel disease, 11 FE studies and 25 CTE studies showed additional bowel abnormalities. Overall, 14 and 21 patients had surgery as a result of the findings of FE and CTE, respectively.

Conclusion

FE and CTE are safe, feasible, and accurate in depicting small-bowel pathology in children. These techniques can be particularly useful in children with Crohn disease involving the small bowel.

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  1. Shanaree Brown

    Present address: Department of Radiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

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  1. Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Shanaree Brown

  2. Section of Pediatric Radiology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Kimberly E. Applegate

  3. Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, 702 Barnhill Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46202-5200, USA

    Kimberly E. Applegate, Kumar Sandrasegaran, S. Greg Jennings, Joshua Garrett & Dean T. Maglinte

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Brown, S., Applegate, K.E., Sandrasegaran, K. et al. Fluoroscopic and CT enteroclysis in children: initial experience, technical feasibility, and utility. Pediatr Radiol 38, 497–510 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-008-0754-8

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