[Imaging of acute abdomen in childhood and adolescence].

Acute abdominal pain in childhood is a frequent reason for a medical consultation. The main diseases that lead to the clinical situation of acute abdomen show a significant age dependency. It is reasonable to group such ailments into three age categories: (1) the neonatal and infant period, (2) toddlerhood to kindergarten and (3) school age children. The task of the pediatric radiological examination is the differential diagnostic correlation of symptoms to the respective diseases. In children ultrasound is the appropriate method of choice.