Color Doppler ultrasonic measurements of normal mesenteric lymph nodes in healthy children / 南方医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To assess the value of color Doppler ultrasound in evaluating the mesenteric lymph nodes in healthy children.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The mesenteric lymph nodes were examined with color Doppler ultrasonography for 730 randomly selected healthy children under 14 years of age, including 410 boys and 298 girls who did not report any recent medical conditions.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Abdominal lymph node detection rate was higher in boys than in girls. Abdominal lymph nodes were detected most often in children between the ages of 1 and 4 years, and the lymph node size decreased gradually with age.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Color Doppler ultrasonography is valuable for evaluating abdominal lymph nodes in children.</p>