Fig. 2
From: Diagnostic value of the microcolon using ultrasonography in small bowel atresia
Transection US images of the colon. (a) Schematic diagram of colon position on ultrasound. The letter ‘C’ in the lumen represents the likely location of the colon. Sto: stomach, SP: spine, LK: left kidney, AO: abdominal aorta, ICV: inferior cava vena (b) descending colon (arrow) without gas in a 2-day-old female neonate with SBA. The colon is small and without gas. (c) descending colon (arrow) without gas in a 1-day-old female neonate with an annular pancreas. There is little fluid and no gas in the colon. (d) descending colon (arrow) with gas in a 2-day-old female healthy neonate. There is some fluid and a little gas in the colon