The incidental pulmonary nodule in a child. Part 2: Commentary and suggestions for clinical management, risk communication and prevention.

Abstract:

:The incidental detection of small lung nodules in children is a vexing consequence of an increased reliance on CT. We present an algorithm for the management of lung nodules detected on CT in children, based on the presence or absence of symptoms, the presence or absence of elements in the clinical history that might explain these nodules, and the imaging characteristics of the nodules (such as attenuation measurements within the nodule). We provide suggestions on how to perform a thoughtfully directed and focused search for clinically occult extrathoracic disease processes (including malignant disease) that may present as an incidentally detected lung nodule on CT. This algorithm emphasizes that because of the lack of definitive information on the natural history of small solid nodules that are truly detected incidentally, their clinical management is highly dependent on the caregivers' individual risk tolerance. In addition, we present strategies to reduce the prevalence of these incidental findings, by preventing unnecessary chest CT scans or inadvertent inclusion of portions of the lungs in scans of adjacent body parts. Application of these guidelines provides pediatric radiologists with an important opportunity to practice patient-centered and evidence-based medicine.

journal_name

Pediatr Radiol

journal_title

Pediatric radiology

authors

Westra SJ,Thacker PG,Podberesky DJ,Lee EY,Iyer RS,Hegde SV,Guillerman RP,Mahani MG

doi

10.1007/s00247-014-3269-5

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2015-04-01 00:00:00

pages

634-9

issue

5

eissn

0301-0449

issn

1432-1998

journal_volume

45

pub_type

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