Multicenter, prospective, observational research project on children aged from 10 to 15 years old undergoing abdominal ultrasound examinations during routine clinical practice.
Male and female children
Age ranging from10 to 15 years, included
Abdominal ultrasound examination to be performed for indications other than gastrointestinal evaluation
Signed Informed Consent
Presence of a disease that could distort the anatomy around the SMA (e.g., abdominal mass, lymphadenopathy, severe scoliosis, free abdominal fluid)
Oncologic patients at risk of neoplastic cachexia.
Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona
Lead sponsor
Imaging Institute of Southern Switzerland
Collaborator