Sonographically detected thickened small bowel in a case of paediatric Salmonella Typhimurium enteritis

Abstract

Introduction: A five‐year‐old year old girl developed fever of 40.3° C, vomiting, mild general abdominal pain, followed by bloody diarrhea. Description: Ultrasonography revealed a length of symmetrically thickened terminal ileum, more than 20 cm long, with walls greater than 0.5 cm containing a long narrow lumen < 1 mm wide. Conclusion: Given the difficulty of diagnosing the cause of enteritis in young children, ultrasonography represents a simple, non invasive technique which may demonstrate suggestive mural thickening.