Table 1 Imaging findings in different age groups in different clinical scenarios
From: Upper GI series in infants and children with vomiting: insights into ACR appropriateness criteria
Type of vomiting | (A) Neonates in the first month of life (n = 4) | (B) Infants in the second and third months of life (n = 14) | (C) More than 3 months to 1 year (n = 20) | (D) More than 1 year to 2 years (n = 11) | (E) More than 2 years (number of patients) (n = 27)** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bilious vomiting (9 patients) | Malrotation with gastric volvulus (1) Duodenal atresia (1) | Malrotation (2) | Malrotation (1) | 0 | Malrotation (2) Malrotation and gastric volvulus (1) Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (1) |
New-onset nonbilious vomiting (36 patients) | IHPS (2) | Normal study (2) Idiopathic GER (1) | Normal study (4) Idiopathic GER (1) | Normal study (4) Pyloric obstruction (1) | Normal Study (17) Lymphoma (1) Hiatus hernia (2) Bochdalek with volvulus (1) |
Intermittent nonbilious vomiting since birth (31 patients) | 0 | Idiopathic GER (4) Gastric volvulus (2) Vascular ring (1) Normal (2) | Normal (7) Idiopathic GER (3) Hiatus hernia (2) Gastric volvulus (1) Dilated esophagus (1) | Hiatus hernia one has volvulus (3) Gastric volvulus (1) Idiopathic GER (2) | Hiatus hernia (1) Peptic stricture (1) |