Table 2: Abdominal US and CT imaging findings reported in COVID-19 and/or MIS-C
in children (in decreasing order of frequency) [19-21].
|
US Abdominal Findings
(%) |
TC Abdominal Findings
(%) |
|
Mild ascitis (53-75%) |
Mild ascites (50-80%) |
|
Mesenteric
lymphadenopathy (47%) |
Mesenteric
lymphadenopathy (60-100%) |
|
Echogenic kidneys (63%) |
--- |
|
Mild hepatomegaly (75%) |
Mild hepatomegaly (50%) |
|
Hyperechoic expanded
mesenteric fat (37%) |
Mesenteric fat stranding
(60%) |
|
Mild splenomegaly (13%) |
Mild splenomegaly (50%) |
|
Urinary bladder wall
thickening (13%) |
Urinary bladder wall
thickening (50%) |
|
Bowel wall thickening
(21%) |
Bowel wall thickening
(20-50%) |
|
Pericholecystic edema
(16%) |
Pericholecystic edema
(40%) |
|
Periportal echogenicity
(16%) |
Periportal edema (40%) |
|
Gallbladder wall
thickening (16-38%) |
Gallbladder wall edema
(---) |
|
Gallbladder sludge (16%) |
--- |
|
Subcapsular splenic
infarct (10%) |
Subcapsular splenic
infarct (20%) |
|
Edematous pancreatitis |
--- |
|
Acute appendicitis |
--- |