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Study identifier: NCT07704814 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 28, 2026
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Baseline Evaluation of Lymph Nodes in the Lower Quadrant Young People Using Point of Care Ultrasound (BELLY-POCUS)

Condition: Lymph Nodes  ·  Sponsor: South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

PhaseN/A
Planned participants500
Who can joinAll sexes, 2 Years to 16 Years
Healthy volunteersYes

About this study

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.

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David McCreary, MBBS MRCPCH PgC US  ·  +447399538119  ·  david.mccreary2@nhs.net

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Locations (1)

Sunderland Royal HospitalSunderland, United KingdomRecruiting

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