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Baseline Evaluation of Lymph Nodes in the Lower Quadrant Young People Using Point of Care Ultrasound (BELLY-POCUS)

NCT07704814 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2026-07-17

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Summary

Abdominal pain is one of the commonest presentations to the paediatric emergency department. Many children are brought to the PED due to concerns about surgical intra-abdominal pathology such as appendicitis. Mesenteric adenitis is commonly attributed as a cause of the patient's pain but is done so without confirmatory imaging findings and as a diagnosis of exclusion.

There is a paucity of evidence pertaining to the sonographic findings of mesenteric adenitis.

The investigators aim to categorise the normal appearances using POCUS in patients presenting to the paediatric emergency department without any abdominal or infectious complaint, in order to describe the range of normal lymph node numbers and size present on scan. By defining what's normal, the ultimate aim will be to use POCUS to actively identify abnormalities that diagnose mesenteric adenitis.

Conditions

  • Lymph Nodes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI)

    collaborator OTHER

  • South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-09
Primary Completion
2026-12-01
Completion
2026-12-01

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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