Abstract
Functional gastrointestinal disorder is a common problem in childhood. The symptoms vary from a relative mild gastrointestinal problem such as abdominal pain or infrequent defecation to severe problems with fecal impaction and fecal incontinence. The aim of this review is to describe and evaluate the value of the different existing methods to assess fecal loading on an abdominal radiograph with or without the use of radio-opaque markers in the diagnosis of functional abdominal pain, functional constipation and functional non-retentive fecal incontinence. In our opinion, the abdominal radiograph has limited value in the diagnostic work-up of children with functional gastrointestinal disorders.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8-13 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | European Journal of Radiology |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal radiograph
- Constipation
- Fecal incontinence