Pediatric radiology
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Pediatric radiology · Jan 1992
Case ReportsNeonatal phrenic nerve paralysis resulting from intercostal drainage of pneumothorax.
Four cases of phrenic nerve paralysis complicating chest tube placement in the newborn for pneumothorax are presented. This complication is related to abnormal location of the medial end of the chest tube. It is suggested that on the frontal chest radiograph, the medial end of the chest tube should be no less than 1 cm from the spine.
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Pediatric radiology · Jan 1992
Review Case ReportsSonographic diagnosis of portal venous gas in two pediatric liver transplant patients with benign pneumatosis intestinalis. Case reports and literature review.
Pneumatosis Intestinalis (gas in the bowel wall) is uncommon in children and is associated with a number of clinical conditions most notably necrotizing enterocolitis in sick neonates. We observed portal venous gas on sonography and benign pneumatosis intestinalis on abdominal radiography in two children who had recently undergone liver transplantation. Asymptomatic portal venous gas and pneumatosis intestinalis has not been described previously in pediatric liver transplant patients. It is important to recognize the sonographic appearance of portal venous gas since sonography is the imaging modality most frequently utilized for monitoring the allograft post liver transplantation.
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Pediatric radiology · Jan 1992
Case ReportsCoexistence of bronchial atresia and bronchogenic cyst: diagnostic criteria and embryologic considerations.
We report a case in a neonate of concurrent bronchial atresia and bronchogenic cyst. An accurate, noninvasive, preoperative diagnosis of this unusual combination of anomalies was made by ultrafast computed tomography (UFCT). This case supports the hypothesis that bronchial atresia results from an event occurring in the 5th-6th week of embryological development, rather than after the 16th week as previously believed.
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Pediatric radiology · Jan 1991
Case ReportsInfected teratoma of lower posterior mediastinum in a six-year-old boy.
A six-year old boy presented with prolonged unexplained fever caused by an infected teratoma of the lower posterior mediastinum. Modern imaging, combining ultrasonography with computed tomography, enabled the correct diagnosis of topography, extension and nature of this rare lesion to be made and explained the clinical features. Follow-up CT showed regression of the abscess after antibiotics thus permitting elective surgery.
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Pediatric radiology · Jan 1990
Case ReportsUltrasound findings in post-operative jejunojejunal intussusception.
The case is reported of an 11-year-old boy, who developed bowel obstruction after surgical exploration of a kidney transplant. An ultrasound study showed a jejunojejunal intussusception.