Pediatric radiology
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Pediatric radiology · Apr 1979
Case ReportsIntestinal perforation in newborn following intrauterine meconium peritonitis.
A newborn infant, who had suffered intrauterine perforation and had developed peritoneal calcification, showed no sign of pneumoperitoneum on the first radiograph taken 3 hours after delivery. At that time air was present in the stomach only. Subsequently pneumoperitoneum developed as air passed down the gut to the point of perforation. Thus, the absence of pneumoperitoneum on a radiograph taken very early in life does not exclude an intestinal perforation.
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Pediatric radiology · Jun 1978
Case ReportsPneumopericardium as a complication of foreign body aspiration.
A case of pneumopericardium in an infant complicating aspiration of a foreign body is reported. In addition to X-ray studies echocardiography is valuable for the control of the disease. The pathogenesis and the treatment are discussed and a short review of the literature is given.
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Pediatric radiology · Jan 1977
The relationship between chest radiographic scores and respiratory function tests in children with cystic fibrosis.
Chest radiographic scores and respiratory function on 80 sets of results from 50 patients with Cystic Fibrosis were analyzed. Chest radiographic scores were assessed independently using the method of Chrispin and Norman. Respiratory function tests were found to correlate well with the chest radiographic score, the best correlation being with the forced expiratory volume in 0.75 sec. to forced vital capacity ratio F. ⋯ V. 0.75/ F. V. C. (r = -0.674 n = 80 p less than 0.001).
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Pediatric radiology · Oct 1976
Case ReportsPersistent pneumatoceles associated with systemic leukocyte abnormalities.
Three patients with leucocyte related immune deficiency developed pneumatoceles during acute bacterial pneumonia. A fourth patient with chronic granulomatous disease of childhood developed persistent lung cysts following pulmonary abscesses. ⋯ In 25 immunologically normal patients, pneumatoceles that were associated with acute bacterial pneumonia resolved in 3 weeks to 11 months. Perhaps alterations in leukocytic function and in local inflammatory response result in fibrotic cellular reaction and sequestration of parenchymal air collections, precluding their resorption.
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Pediatric radiology · Apr 1976
Case ReportsCervical herniation of the lung. Report of a case and review of the literature.
Cervical herniation of the apex of the lung into the soft tissues of the neck is a rare finding in the pediatric age group. Whereas in adults the etiology is either post-traumatic or secondary to chronic respiratory disease, in children the condition appears to arise spontaneously as the result of a congenital defect in the costovertebral fascia. Surgical treatment is rarely indicated unless there is evidence of incarceration, or progressive increase in size with resultant cosmetic deformity.