Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) is a potentially fatal disease affecting children following bone marrow transplantation (BMT). SOS diagnosis is clinical because traditional ultrasound has poor sensitivity and specificity with portal vein flow reversal occurring well after the disease is clinically evident. Ultrasound elastography is a newer technology that measures liver stiffness, which should increase in SOS due to passive hepatic congestion. Our hypothesis is that quantitative shear wave ultrasound elastography will be more accurate in detecting this disease compared with conventional ultrasound parameters. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2017 Annual Meeting & Categorical Course , 2017

Authors: Reddivalla Naresh, Opfer Erin, Robinson Amie, Reid Kimberly, Chan Sherwin

Keywords: Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome, Veno-Occlusive Disease, Ultrasound Elastography

Ultrasound guided percutaneous liver biopsy is frequently performed in pediatric patients. Published post-biopsy complication rates range between 0.3 - 3.3% according to Society of Interventional Radiology Standards of Practice. Post-biopsy tract embolization has been prophylactically used to theoretically decrease the bleeding risk, but is not the current standard of care at our institution. The goal of this study is to determine if there is a need for prophylactic biopsy tract-embolization after ultrasound guided liver biopsy in the pediatric population. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018

Authors: Gondi Keerthi, Robinson Amie, Cully Brent, Reading Brenton, Theut Stephanie, Hendrickson Richard, Reid Kimberly, Rivard Douglas

Keywords: Pediatric Liver Biopsy, Embolization