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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
A [[barium enema]] is the mainstay of diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease. | |||
==Other Imaging Findings== | ==Other Imaging Findings== | ||
==Barium Enema== | ===Barium Enema=== | ||
Imaging findings are: | Imaging findings are: | ||
* Radiography performed in children with Hirschsprung disease yields findings similar to those in other forms of low small bowel obstruction: variable gaseous distention of the colon and small bowel, often with air-fluid levels. | * Radiography performed in children with Hirschsprung disease yields findings similar to those in other forms of low small bowel obstruction: variable gaseous distention of the colon and small bowel, often with air-fluid levels. |
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Overview
A barium enema is the mainstay of diagnosis of Hirschsprung’s disease.
Other Imaging Findings
Barium Enema
Imaging findings are:
- Radiography performed in children with Hirschsprung disease yields findings similar to those in other forms of low small bowel obstruction: variable gaseous distention of the colon and small bowel, often with air-fluid levels.
- The colon is usually difficult to identify accurately, and gas is usually absent in the rectum.
- Barium enema studies demonstrate patency of the colon, which is short but usually normal in caliber.
- A transition zone between the narrow and dilated portions of the colon in the shape of an inverted cone is the most characteristic radiologic finding.
- When this transition zone is observed, the examination should be discontinued because filling of the more proximal dilated bowel beyond the transition zone may lead to impaction.
- The radiologic diagnosis of total colonic aganglionosis is difficult. Findings at barium enema examination may be normal or may include a short colon of normal caliber, microcolon, or a transition zone in the ileum.