Baseline Evaluation of Lymph nodes in the Lower quadrant using POCUS
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Baseline Evaluation of Lymph nodes in the Lower quadrant of Young people using POCUS
IRAS ID
361565
Contact name
David McCreary
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
SOUTH TYNESIDE AND SUNDERLAND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 7 days
Research 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 any evidence.
As a traditional clinical diagnosis it should be only considered as a diagnosis of exclusion, after other surgical causes of abdominal pain have been ruled out.
There is a paucity of evidence pertaining to the sonographic findings of mesenteric adenitis. We aim to categorise the normal appearances using POCUS in patients presenting to the paediatric emergency department without any abdominal complaint, in order to initially describe the range of normal lymph node numbers present on scan.
After completing this study of normal we aim to undertake a follow-up study in order to identify the positive findings for mesenteric adenitis in order than POCUS can be used to formulate a rule-in diagnosis.REC name
Wales REC 6
REC reference
26/WA/0066
Date of REC Opinion
18 Mar 2026
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion