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Practical diagnostic imaging for children at the pediatric hospitals

3. Liver, gallbladder, pancreas

Kimio Kanegawa
Department of Pediatric Radiology, Jichi Children’s Medical Center Tochigi

Abstract

　　Diagnostic imageing is used according to the symptoms of the patient and the differential diagnosis. In this paper, the symptoms are classified in five groups : - 1. abdominal tumor or fullness, 2. abdominal pain, 3. infectious symptoms, 4. jaundice, 5. splenomegaly, hematemesis, bloody discharge, and disease with symptoms noted above are explained.

Keywords：Diagnostic imaging, Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas