Endoscopic nodular gastritis: an endoscopic indicator of high-grade bacterial colonization and severe gastritis in children with Helicobacter pylori.

Objective: To investigate the significance of endoscopic nodular gastritis associated with Helicobacter pylori infection.

Methods: This prospective study included 185 children (50.8% boys) aged 1 to 12 years (mean, 6.

Graded compression sonography of the colon in the diagnosis of polyps in pediatric patients.

Objective: We report seven cases of juvenile polyps detected by graded compression gray-scale and color Doppler sonography in five children with nonspecific symptoms.

Conclusion: Intestinal polyps can be detected by graded compression gray-scale and color Doppler sonography without colonic preparation. On gray-scale sonography, polyps appeared as spherical or ovoid hypoechoic nodules in the colon lumen.