超音波圖使用方法簡便,無侵犯性,亦無副作用,且可正確地測知腹部腫塊的位置、大小、與構造,對於判別充實性腫瘤或囊腫更具價值;又對功能不好,以靜脈腎盂攝影術無法照出的腎臓亦可用超音波圖作進一步的探討,很適合小兒科學上的使用。本文報告近年來在臺大醫學院附設醫院小兒科,應用超音波圖診斷小兒腹部腫塊的成績,其中包括肝臓、膽道、脾臓、腎臓及其他腹腔內、腹膜後腔、骨盆腔所長出之腫塊共38例的結果,與病理診斷加以比較,獲得92.11%之正確診斷率。本文並提出特殊病例報告及就超音波圖在小兒科領域之應用加以討論。
Ultrasonography is a simple, non-invasive and harmless diagnostic method. It can demostrate the size, location, and detail internal structures of abdominal masses. It is also an excellent method to study the non-functioning kidney which cannot be seen in the intravenous pyelogram. We report the results of an ultrasonographic study carried out in recent years among 38 cases of abdominal masses at the pediatric department of the National Taiwan University Hospital. The surgical and pathological findings have proved that ultrasonography is a practical and valuable method in the diagnosis of abdominal masses among children especially in the differential diagnosis of cystic and solid masses.