Pediatric neuroimaging at a university hospital in Rwanda: a pictorial essay.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Excessive cervical flexion-extension accompanying mild to severe impact injuries can lead to C2 synchondrosal fractures in young children. OBJECTIVE:To characterize and classify C2 synchondrosal fracture patterns. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed imaging and medical records of children who...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Rusin JA,Ruess L,Daulton RS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four children with Type I hepatorenal glycogen storage have been studied by barium enema. All showed strikingly similar changes of a smooth-walled, slightly narrow but normal length colon without any haustration. The findings simulated colitis but the patients had either mild diarrhea or no gastrointestinal complaints...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Fellows RA,Berdon WE,Baker DH,Harris R

更新日期：1975-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Questionnaires (984) were submitted to pediatric radiologists to determine how often odontoid fractures were missed on lateral views and detected on open-mouth odontoid views in children under 5 years. Other questions relating to imaging protocols of the odontoid also were included, and there were 432 respon...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Swischuk LE,John SD,Hendrick EP

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sakoda complex is a rare but distinct combination of birth defects consisting of a basal cephalocele, agenesis of the corpus callosum, and midline cleft lip/palate. It has been reported in association with ophthalmologic abnormalities, cognitive deficits and severe epilepsy. Here we describe both prenatal and postnata...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Nagaraj UD,Moudgal R,Hopkin RJ,Venkatesan C,Kline-Fath BM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic hypertension after renal transplantation in children is frequent, occurring in 85% of the cases and may be the cause of severe neurologic complications. This can be due to multiple factors such as: rejection, recurrence of initial disease, steroid, etc. ... Among those factors, renal transplant artery stenosi...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Barth MO,Gagnadoux MF,Mareschal JL,Garel L,Mamou-Mani T,Brunelle FO

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional printing called rapid prototyping, a technology that is used to create physical models based on a 3-D computer representation, is now commercially available and can be created from CT or MRI datasets. This technical innovation paper reviews the specific requirements and steps necessary to apply biome...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Starosolski ZA,Kan JH,Rosenfeld SD,Krishnamurthy R,Annapragada A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Details of a female infant, who was born after 29 weeks gestation and who died within minutes of birth, are presented. The infant was hydropic, showed macroglossia and had very short limbs with normal sized hands and feet. Apart from a preductal aortic coarctation the pathological findings were confined to the skeleto...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Blomstrand S,Claësson I,Säve-Söderbergh J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three very low birth weight infants, treated with frusemide for broncho-pulmonary dysplasia are described. They all developed medullary nephrocalcinosis identifiable by real time ultrasound. The sonographic findings of diffuse medullary hyper-echogenicity appears to be specific for nephrocalcinosis. ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Kenney IJ,Aiken CG,Lenney W

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fever without a focus is defined as a temperature of 38° C or higher as the single presenting symptom. After extensive investigation, a large percentage (12-67%) of cases remain undiagnosed. OBJECTIVE:To assess the diagnostic value of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) in children with fever wit...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Delgado J,Chauvin NA,Bedoya MA,Patel SJ,Anupindi SA

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) stent placement in infants with ductal-dependent pulmonary blood flow is being increasingly used in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE:To correlate computed tomographic (CT) angiography morphology and length of the PDA with catheter angiography and its relation to eventual PDA stent...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Jadhav SP,Aggarwal V,Masand PM,Diaz E,Zhang W,Qureshi AM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sternal clefts have been reported sporadically, but there are no reports describing complete investigations of the malformation. We describe a child with isolated inferior sternal cleft diagnosed at 33 weeks of gestation and thoroughly investigated by prenatal US, MRI and CT and preoperative US. Our report highlights ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Pasoglou V,Tebache M,Rausin L,Demarche M,Collignon L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Papillary thyroid carcinoma is rare in children. Its clinical manifestation may deviate from that observed in adult patients. We present a 14-year-old girl with papillary thyroid carcinoma. We then discuss various distinctive sonographic signs that may aid diagnosis, and we discuss differences in clinical fea...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Sung TH,Man EM,Wong WW

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aortic dilatation and dissection are rare but important complications of Turner syndrome that increase the risk of sudden death in young patients. OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of aortic MRI in patients with Turner syndrome; in particular to demonstrate early aortic dilatation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A tota...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Chalard F,Ferey S,Teinturier C,Kalifa G

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of pancreatic pseudocysts in children developing after blunt trauma to the abdomen. Gray-scale echography provides a safe and exact method in establishing the diagnosis and in the follow-up of the disease. In one case the pancreatic pseudocyst resolved spontaneously justifying our opinion that not ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Harkányi Z,Végh M,Hittner I,Popik E

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate diagnosis of non-accidental injury (NAI) can be reached in the majority of cases by careful appraisal of the social and family history, combined with painstaking clinical roentgenographic and other imaging evaluations. Careful review of the scientific literature clearly indicates that collagen analysis to exc...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Ablin DS,Sane SM

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway compression is a common problem in children with certain forms of congenital heart disease. Although various surgical approaches are available to overcome this form of airway obstruction, internal stenting is necessary in a minority of patients. It can be difficult to assess the success of stenting at the time ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： McLaren CA,Pigott N,Dunne C,Elliott MJ,Roebuck DJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal (GI) tract involvement in Langerhans cell histiocytosis is probably not uncommon [1,2], but reports of radiologic findings have been limited to the small intestine and mesenteric lymph nodes [3-5]. We report a 16-month-old child with known Langerhans cell histiocytosis, who was found to have mucosal i...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Gilmore BS,Cohen M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of hairy polyp of the pharynx diagnosed on brain MRI in order to stress the need to examine carefully all tissues included on an imaging study, even those outside the clinically stated region of interest, and to remind practitioners to consider unusual as well as common etiologies for neonatal respira...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Budenz CL,Lesperance MM,Gebarski S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case in which there was thallium-201 (201Tl) uptake in Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the left femoral diaphysis is presented. The authors propose that 201Tl scintigraphy is potentially useful in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with LCH. ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Bar-Sever Z,Connolly LP,Jaramillo D,Treves ST

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of lethal hypoplastic left heart syndrome missed at routine 20-week antenatal ultrasound examination because the left ventricle was of normal size on the standard four-chamber cardiac view. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome includes a spectrum of cardiac malformations. This case illustrates the difficu...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Anderson NG,Brown J

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiopericytoma (HP) is a rare vascular tumor that usually occurs in adults, but 10% occur in children. Tumors occurring in the first year of life are even more rare and are referred to as infantile hemangiopericytoma. In this article, we report the imaging, operative, and pathological findings in a patient with an...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Cole JC,Naul LG

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alagille syndrome, or arteriohepatic dysplasia, is a disorder characterized by paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts, peculiar facies and skeletal anomalies. We report a typical case of this syndrome in an 18-year-old girl, in whom abdominal CT showed bilateral renal cysts and aortic wall calcification, findings unreport...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Pombo F,Isla C,Gayol A,Bargiela A

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Conventional MRI sequences are often affected in neuropediatric imaging by unavoidable movements. Therefore, children younger than 6 years usually have to be examined under sedation/anesthesia. A new real-time MRI technique with automatic slice advancement allows for motion-robust T2-weighted volume coverage...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Gräfe D,Roth C,Weisser M,Krause M,Frahm J,Voit D,Hirsch FW

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The Haller index is an accepted CT method for evaluating thoracic dimensions in patients with pectus excavatum. The purpose of this study is to establish age- and gender-related norms for the Haller index in childhood. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed 574 consecutive chest CT examinations (M=2...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Daunt SW,Cohen JH,Miller SF

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traditionally, every patient with an acute scrotum needed surgical exploration for definitive exclusion of testicular torsion. OBJECTIVE:In this study, we aimed to evaluate the improved accuracy in clinical diagnosis with colour Doppler Ultrasonography (US) added to normal clinical assessment. MATERIALS AN...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Lam WW,Yap TL,Jacobsen AS,Teo HJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No normal measurements or specific size criteria have been described for cervical lymph nodes in children. OBJECTIVE:To determine the normal measurements of cervical lymph nodes in children on CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We included 142 children (ages 1-17 years) who underwent cervical CT examination after h...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Spijkers S,Littooij AS,Nievelstein RAJ

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Feuerstein-Mims syndrome (naevus sebaceous, convulsions and mental retardation) is described in association with vitamin D resistant reckets. ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Moorjani R,Shaw DG

更新日期：1976-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiologic changes in renal transplant patients, such as transiently low central venous pressure, may be related to increased intra-abdominal pressure, from the volume of the transplanted kidney itself. Using intraoperative and postoperative Doppler ultrasound of the transplant renal vessels, we identified changes in...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Wiebe S,Kellenberger CJ,Khoury A,Miller SF

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among all causes of death in children from solid tumors, pediatric brain tumors are the most common. This article includes an overview of a subset of infratentorial and supratentorial tumors with a focus on tumor imaging features and molecular advances and treatments of these tumors. Key to understanding the imaging f...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Poussaint TY,Panigrahy A,Huisman TA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging plays a major role in the diagnostic work-up of children with hepatobiliary or pancreatic diseases. It consists mainly of US, CT and MRI, with US and MRI being the preferred imaging modalities because of the lack of ionizing radiation. In this review the technique of US, CT and MRI in children will be addresse...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Nievelstein RA,Robben SG,Blickman JG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00