Abdominal Imaging Findings in Critically Ill Children With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Associated With COVID-19.

Pediatr Infect Dis J

Department of Radiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey.

Published: February 2021

We report findings on abdominal imaging in critically ill children admitted with MIS-C. On sonography, hepatomegaly, nephromegaly, gallbladder wall edema, ascites, intestinal inflammation and mesenteric lymphadenopathy were seen, while CT showed fluid-filled small bowel loops, mural thickening of the terminal ileum, diffuse lymphadenopathy, and moderate ascites.

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