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Small Bowel Intussusception
When is an intussusception not an intussusception? When its a small bowel intussusception. Small bowel intussusceptions like their counterparts the large bowel intussusceptions are the prolapsing of one part of the bowel into the immediately adjacent part of bowel. Unlike the large bowel intussusception, small bowel intussusception generally don’t require intervention, are self limiting …
Spinal Ultrasound -normal variants
There are several normal variants of the neonatal spinal cord which can be imaged under ultrasound. Two of the more common variants are both cystic, a ventriculus terminalis and a filar cyst. A ventriculus terminalis is an ependymal-lined fusiform dilatation of the central canal at the tip of the conus medullaris where it becomes the …
Connatal cysts -Neonatal cranial ultrasound
Connatal cysts are a normal variant in neonatal brains
Pediatric Ultrasound A Practical Guide 
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