Preliminary Investigation of the Diagnosis of Neonatal Congenital Small Bowel Atresia by Ultrasound

Figure 4

The microcolon in neonates with small bowel atresia. (a) The horizontal axis of ascending microcolon (black arrow) in neonates with duodenal atresia, very small and no gas in it. (b) The horizontal axis of descending microcolon (black arrow) in neonates with jejuno-ileal atresia, very small and no gas in it. (c) The vertical axis of microcolon (black arrow) in neonates, similar to appendix, nothing in it. (d) The empty ileocecal junction seems like a mushroom (green arrow).