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Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging of Mouse Diaphragm Function
Published on: April 21, 2014
Ultrasound of the discharging umbilicus
1Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust, Eaton Road, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK.
Abstract:
Ultrasound of a patent urachus has been well described. However, ultrasound of the other congenital abnormalities affecting the umbilicus has not. Two cases are described, one of a vitelline (omphalomesenteric) duct and one of an umbilical granuloma, in which the ultrasound findings guided the child's management, preventing a minilaparotomy.
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