Abdominal US in Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome Associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS). 2022

Riwa Meshaka, and Fern C Whittam, and Myriam Guessoum, and Saigeet Eleti, and Susan C Shelmerdine, and Owen J Arthurs, and Kieran McHugh, and Melanie P Hiorns, and Paul D Humphries, and Alistair D Calder, and Marina J Easty, and Edward P Gaynor, and Tom Watson
From the Department of Imaging, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, England (R.M., F.C.W., M.G., S.E., K.M., M.P.H., P.D.H., A.D.C., M.J.E., E.P.G., T.W.); NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, London, England (S.C.S., O.J.A.); and University College London Hospital, London, England (P.D.H.).

Background Children with pediatric inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS), also known as multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, present with abdominal pain among other nonspecific symptoms. Although initial imaging features of PIMS-TS have been reported, the duration of sonographic features remains unknown. Purpose To describe the abdominal US features of PIMS-TS at initial presentation and follow-up. Materials and Methods A retrospective review of children and young adults presenting with clinical features suspicious for PIMS-TS between April 2020 and June 2021 was carried out. US features were documented and reviewed at initial presentation and follow-up. Descriptive statistics were used and interobserver variability was calculated. Results Of 140 children and young adults presenting with suspected PIMS-TS, 120 had confirmed PIMS-TS (median age, 9 years; interquartile range, 7-12 years; 65 male patients) and 102 underwent abdominal US at presentation. PIMS-TS was present as a single abnormality in 109 of the 120 patients (91%) and abdominal symptoms were present in 104 of the 109 (95%). US examinations were abnormal in 86 of 102 patients (84%), with ascites being the most common abnormality in 65 (64%; 95% CI: 54, 73). Bowel wall thickening was present at US in 14 of the 102 patients (14%; 95% CI: 7, 20) and mesenteric inflammation was present in 16 (16%; 95% CI: 9, 23); all of these patients presented with abdominal symptoms. Among the patients with bowel wall thickening, the distal and terminal ileum were most involved (eight of 14 patients, 57%). Abdominal symptoms decreased to seven of 56 patients (13%) in those followed up at 6 months. Thirty-eight patients underwent follow-up US, and the presence of bowel inflammation had decreased to three of 27 patients (11%; 95% CI: -1, 23) in those followed up for less than 2 months and 0 of 17 (0%) in those followed up for more than 2 months. Conclusion Of 102 patients with pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 who underwent US at presentation, 14 (14%) had abdominal US findings of bowel inflammation and 16 (16%) had mesenteric edema. All US abnormalities resolved after 2 months. © RSNA, 2022 Online supplemental material is available for this article. See also the editorial by van Rijn and Pajkrt in this issue.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000086382 COVID-19 A viral disorder generally characterized by high FEVER; COUGH; DYSPNEA; CHILLS; PERSISTENT TREMOR; MUSCLE PAIN; HEADACHE; SORE THROAT; a new loss of taste and/or smell (see AGEUSIA and ANOSMIA) and other symptoms of a VIRAL PNEUMONIA. In severe cases, a myriad of coagulopathy associated symptoms often correlating with COVID-19 severity is seen (e.g., BLOOD COAGULATION; THROMBOSIS; ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEIZURES; HEART ATTACK; STROKE; multiple CEREBRAL INFARCTIONS; KIDNEY FAILURE; catastrophic ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME and/or DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION). In younger patients, rare inflammatory syndromes are sometimes associated with COVID-19 (e.g., atypical KAWASAKI SYNDROME; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; pediatric multisystem inflammatory disease; and CYTOKINE STORM SYNDROME). A coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in the genus BETACORONAVIRUS is the causative agent. 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease,2019 Novel Coronavirus Infection,2019-nCoV Disease,2019-nCoV Infection,COVID-19 Pandemic,COVID-19 Pandemics,COVID-19 Virus Disease,COVID-19 Virus Infection,Coronavirus Disease 2019,Coronavirus Disease-19,SARS Coronavirus 2 Infection,SARS-CoV-2 Infection,Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection,COVID19,2019 nCoV Disease,2019 nCoV Infection,2019-nCoV Diseases,2019-nCoV Infections,COVID 19,COVID 19 Pandemic,COVID 19 Virus Disease,COVID 19 Virus Infection,COVID-19 Virus Diseases,COVID-19 Virus Infections,Coronavirus Disease 19,Disease 2019, Coronavirus,Disease, 2019-nCoV,Disease, COVID-19 Virus,Infection, 2019-nCoV,Infection, COVID-19 Virus,Infection, SARS-CoV-2,Pandemic, COVID-19,SARS CoV 2 Infection,SARS-CoV-2 Infections,Virus Disease, COVID-19,Virus Infection, COVID-19
D000086402 SARS-CoV-2 A species of BETACORONAVIRUS causing atypical respiratory disease (COVID-19) in humans. The organism was first identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China. The natural host is the Chinese intermediate horseshoe bat, RHINOLOPHUS affinis. 2019 Novel Coronavirus,COVID-19 Virus,COVID19 Virus,Coronavirus Disease 2019 Virus,SARS Coronavirus 2,SARS-CoV-2 Virus,Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2,Wuhan Coronavirus,Wuhan Seafood Market Pneumonia Virus,2019-nCoV,2019 Novel Coronaviruses,COVID 19 Virus,COVID-19 Viruses,COVID19 Viruses,Coronavirus 2, SARS,Coronavirus, 2019 Novel,Coronavirus, Wuhan,Novel Coronavirus, 2019,SARS CoV 2 Virus,SARS-CoV-2 Viruses,Virus, COVID-19,Virus, COVID19,Virus, SARS-CoV-2,Viruses, COVID19
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D018746 Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome A systemic inflammatory response to a variety of clinical insults, characterized by two or more of the following conditions: (1) fever >38 degrees C or HYPOTHERMIA <36 degrees C; (2) TACHYCARDIA >90 beat/minute; (3) tachypnea >24 breaths/minute; (4) LEUKOCYTOSIS >12,000 cells/cubic mm or 10% immature forms. While usually related to infection, SIRS can also be associated with noninfectious insults such as TRAUMA; BURNS; or PANCREATITIS. If infection is involved, a patient with SIRS is said to have SEPSIS. Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Systemic,Sepsis Syndrome,Sepsis Syndromes,Syndrome, Sepsis,Syndromes, Sepsis

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