Pediatric radiology
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Pediatric radiology · Dec 2007
Case ReportsPneumomediastinum and pneumothorax as presenting signs in severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.
We present a 3-year-old child with severe extensive Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia complicated with pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax. Pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum have only exceptionally been described in mild cases of the disease. The radiological findings, differential diagnosis and clinical course are discussed.
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Pediatric radiology · Dec 2007
Case ReportsBilateral hippocampal hyperintensities: a new finding in MR imaging of heat stroke.
We present a child aged 2 years 3 months who suffered heat stroke after being accidentally locked in a car during summer. She was unconscious with hyperthermia on admission and later showed biochemical evidence of liver, cardiac and muscle injury and associated electrolyte imbalance. ⋯ Previous case reports of imaging in heat stroke revealed involvement of the cerebellum, thalami, basal ganglia and scattered cerebral involvement. We report this unique finding of hippocampal hyperintensities due to heat stroke.