abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this prospective study was to measure in vivo blood oxygen saturation (%O2) by MRI in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) using population-based values for T2O (T2 signal decay of fully oxygenated blood) and K (a parameter representing the deoxyhemoglobin effect) and compare the %O2 wi...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Nield LE,Qi XL,Valsangiacomo ER,Macgowan CK,Wright GA,Hornberger LK,Yoo SJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About one-half of patients with meconium ileus (MI) present with a complication such as volvulus, atresia, meconium peritonitis or giant cystic meconium peritonitis. The treatment of these complications requires surgery. However, the preoperative diagnosis of complicated MI is difficult. We describe two neonates with ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Navarro OM,Daneman A,Miller SF

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Unstable posterior pelvic ring fractures and dislocations are uncommon but potentially life-threatening injuries in children. Early definitive management reduces risk of immediate complications as well as chronic pain and gait dysfunction. Conventional operative therapy carries substantial risk of extensive ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Baskin KM,Cahill AM,Kaye RD,Born CT,Grudziak JS,Towbin RB

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endobronchial carcinoid is an extremely rare neoplasm in children. We report a case in which this entity was prospectively diagnosed by 3-D CT bronchography with volume rendering techniques. The ability to prospectively implicate an endobronchial neoplasm in a child may help to guide subsequent therapy and management....

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Connor GF,Fishman EK

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the obstacles in discussing childhood tuberculosis (TB) is the lack of standard descriptive terminology to classify the diverse spectrum of disease. Accurate disease classification is important, because the correct identification of the specific disease entity has definite prognostic significance. Accurate clas...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Marais BJ,Gie RP,Schaaf HS,Starke JR,Hesseling AC,Donald PR,Beyers N

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image quality takes on different perspectives and meanings when associated with the concept of as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), which is chiefly focused on radiation dose delivered as a result of a medical imaging procedure. ALARA is important because of the increased radiosensitivity of children to ionizing r...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Seibert JA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultrasound is a remarkably powerful and versatile modality for pediatric imaging, without requiring exposure to radiation or sedatives. By providing information on blood flow, Doppler sonography can reveal details about normal physiology and disease processes not discernable from gray-scale anatomic images alone. Howe...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Coley BD

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral cystic adrenal tumours are a rare presentation of neuroblastoma. Intratumoural haemorrhage is a frequent finding in neuroblastoma, but is rarely symptomatic. We present an 11-month-old girl with predominantly cystic bilateral neuroblastomas and distant lymph-node metastasis. Massive intracystic haemorrhage a...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Pinarli FG,Danaci M,Tander B,Dagdemir A,Diren B,Acar S,Rizalar R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this review is to emphasize the role of fetal MR in the evaluation of the supratentorial space. The advantages of MRI compared to US are stressed in three fields of application: cerebral biometry, sulcation and cerebral parenchyma. In each field, normal data are displayed and MR applications with patterns o...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Garel C

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is essential to diagnose thyroid dysfunction at an early stage because congenital hypothyroidism (CH) represents one of the most common preventable causes of delayed physical and psychological development, including mental retardation. US evaluates the shape of the thyroid gland. CT and scintigraphic examinations d...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Kondoh M,Miyazaki O,Imanishi Y,Hayakawa M,Aikyou M,Doi H

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common of all childhood malignancies. Current remission rates approach 80%. Recurrent disease can present in a wide variety of ways. MR imaging plays a crucial role in the detection of disease relapse. Because other disorders can mimic recurrence of leukemia, it is import...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Porter RP,Kaste SC

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：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:There are few data regarding the frequency and type of diagnostic errors made by radiology residents and fellows ("trainees"). However, increasing interest in reducing medical errors highlights the need to analyze which areas of medical knowledge are most problematic for physicians-in-training, including rad...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Halsted MJ,Kumar H,Paquin JJ,Poe SA,Bean JA,Racadio JM,Strife JL,Donnelly LF

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermoid cyst of the testis, extremely rare in children, is a non-teratomatous benign tumor, and testis-sparing surgery should be the treatment of choice. To prevent unnecessary orchiectomy, recognition of this rare tumor in children is essential. ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Fujino J,Yamamoto H,Kisaki Y,Ishimaru Y,Uchida H,Mori Y,Nozaki M,Ikeda H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shaken-baby syndrome (SBS) is a type of child abuse caused by violent shaking of an infant, with or without impact, and characterized by subdural hematomas, retinal hemorrhages, and occult bone fractures. Parenchymal brain lesions in SBS may be missed or underestimated on CT scans, but can be detected at an earlier st...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Parizel PM,Ceulemans B,Laridon A,Ozsarlak O,Van Goethem JW,Jorens PG

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present results of optimising scoliosis examination by changing from a conventional film/grid (F/G) to air-gap technique using computed radiography (CR), and to evaluate different methods for estimating effective radiation doses. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Forty-nine children and adolescents were examined with...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Hansen J,Jurik AG,Fiirgaard B,Egund N

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While several studies have investigated the dose from scattered radiation from X-ray procedures in a pediatric nursery, they examined scatter from chest procedures only, or the types of examination were not specified. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to collect scatter and transmission data from several ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Burrage JW,Rampant PL,Beeson BP

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Balloon dilatation of the oesophagus in children has been performed predominantly for treating strictures, which are the result of primary repair of oesophageal atresia, interposition surgery or restrictive Nissen's fundoplication. Reports of the use of this technique for alternative causes of stricture are ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Fasulakis S,Andronikou S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate (131)I-MIBG scintigraphic localization of xenotransplanted and spontaneously arising neuroblastomas in murine models of high-risk neuroblastoma. METHODS:Neuroblastoma xenografts were created by inoculation of human neuroblastoma cell suspensions into the subcutaneous flanks of athymic nude mice. In...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Accorsi R,Morowitz MJ,Charron M,Maris JM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is much evidence supporting a relationship between primary varicocoele and venous incompetence of the saphenofemoral junction in adults, there is no evidence for such a relationship during adolescence. Because of the effect of age and future occupation (standing upright for long periods) on th...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Karadeniz-Bilgili MY,Basar H,Simsir I,Unal B,Batislam E

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously healthy 24-day-old boy presented with a 2-day history of fever and had a convulsion on the day of admission. MRI showed abnormal signal in the thalami, caudate nuclei and central white matter. Acute necrotising encephalopathy was diagnosed, other causes having been excluded after biochemical and haematolo...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Kim TK,Eun BL,Cha SH,Chung KB,Kim JH,Kim BH,Chung HH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman's disease is a benign lymphoproliferative disorder characterised by enlarged hyperplastic lymph nodes. It is rare in children and usually presents as localised disease. Subpectoral involvement has not been previously described in multicentric Castleman's disease in children. We present the CT, US and Doppler...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Koşucu P,Ahmetoğlu A,Imamoğlu M,Cay A,Cobanoğlu U,Gümele HR

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent reports have highlighted the lifetime risk of malignancy from using ionizing radiation in pediatric imaging. Computed tomography (CT), which uses ionizing radiation, is employed extensively for neonatal brain imaging of term infants. Magnetic resonance (MR) provides an alternative that does not use io...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Robertson RL,Robson CD,Zurakowski D,Antiles S,Strauss K,Mulkern RV

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14-year-old girl presented with symptoms and signs of left otomastoiditis and meningitis. CT and MRI revealed a largely expanded cavum septum pellucidum with enhancing walls and findings suggesting left otomastoiditis and meningitis. At surgery, an abscess was found within the cavum septum pellucidum. Five similar c...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Akansel G,Dalbayrak S,Yilmaz M,Yavuzer D,Seymen M,Gurel I,Demirci A

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paternal uniparental disomy for chromosome 14 (patUPD14) is a rare condition, this being the eighth report. A male infant, born prematurely, was noted to have extremely lax skin and bilateral inguinal hernias. Skin biopsy confirmed the clinical diagnosis of congenital cutis laxa, but this did not explain the limb abno...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Offiah AC,Cornette L,Hall CM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary idiopathic chylopericardium is rare and represents a fraction of all pericardial effusions in the pediatric population. Most cases of chylopericardium occur as a complication of cardiac surgery or after trauma. They may also be caused by tuberculosis, neoplasm, or congenital lymphangiomatosis. Primary idiopath...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Ossiani MH,McCauley RG,Patel HT

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic idiopathic inflammatory disease affecting primarily the aorta, its proximal branches and the pulmonary arteries. OBJECTIVES:To retrospectively review the angiograms of children with TA so as to describe the patterns of vascular involvement. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twenty...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： McCulloch M,Andronikou S,Goddard E,Sinclair P,Lawrenson J,Mandelstam S,Beningfield SJ,Millar AJ

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 15-year-old girl with peritoneal metastases from a solid pseudopapillary tumour of the pancreas, which had been excised 6 years previously. This is the third paediatric case with metastases to be reported and the fourth patient with peritoneal carcinomatosis. ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Andronikou S,Moon A,Ussher R

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood idiopathic chondrolysis of the hip (ICH) causes progressive destruction of the articular cartilage of the hip joint with associated bone remodelling. The MRI features of this disease have not previously been described. OBJECTIVE:To document the MRI features of childhood ICH and determine which fea...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Johnson K,Haigh SF,Ehtisham S,Ryder C,Gardner-Medwin J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of heterotopic gastric mucosa in the common bile duct, cystic duct and gallbladder is reported in a 3-year-old girl with abdominal pain and jaundice. Abdominal US and CT showed dilatation of the biliary tree and a well-defined mass in the common bile duct that narrowed its lumen. The gallbladder was contracted ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Madrid C,Berrocal T,Gorospe L,Prieto C,Gámez M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly involuting congenital hemangioma (RICH) is a recently recognized entity in which the vascular tumor is fully developed at birth and undergoes rapid involution. Angiographic findings in two infants with congenital hemangioma are reported and compared with a more common postnatal infantile hemangioma and a conge...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Konez O,Burrows PE,Mulliken JB,Fishman SJ,Kozakewich HP

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromuscular hamartoma (also referred to as neuromuscular choristoma or benign triton tumour) has not previously been described in the radiological literature. It is a rare benign lesion composed of mature elements of striated muscle and neural tissue. We report a case of neuromuscular hamartoma involving the skull b...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Oeppen RS,Harden SP,Argent JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ectopic thyroid gland is a well-known developmental anomaly. We present a child with a unique anatomical variant of this anomaly, namely double ectopic thyroid. The purpose of this report is to demonstrate the scintigraphic findings and to emphasize the importance of performing a thyroid scan in every case of thyroid ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Hod N,Mindlin L,Cohenpour M,Horne T

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lap belt restraints in motor vehicle collisions have been associated with a variety of injuries, mainly bowel and lumbar spine. Cephalad positioning of the belt over the intended position across the anterior superior iliac spines (which typically occurs in younger children) is thought to be responsible for the observe...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Emery KH

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The neurocentral synchondrosis (NCS) is a cartilaginous growth plate that since the early 1900s has been implicated as a potential cause of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS). Previous studies have focused only on the closure age without characterizing normal NCS development. Using MRI, the...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Rajwani T,Bhargava R,Moreau M,Mahood J,Raso VJ,Jiang H,Bagnall KM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In previous studies, typical radiological findings in the cervical spine of patients with diastrophic dysplasia (DD) have been kyphosis, displacement of the vertebrae, spina bifida occulta (SBO), anterior hypoplasia of vertebrae C3-5, and hyperplasia and dysmorphism of the odontoid process. OBJECTIVES:To ma...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Remes VM,Marttinen EJ,Poussa MS,Helenius IJ,Peltonen JI

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare, though well-described, hereditary polyposis syndrome associated with mucocutaneous pigmentation that typically presents in the second decade of life with complications related to intestinal polyps. We present two cases of teenaged girls presenting with small-bowel intussusceptio...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Harris JP,Munden MM,Minifee PK

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We present the case of an 8-year-old girl with acute onset of intermittent lower abdominal pain. The gray-scale US examination showed an enlarged right ovary with peripheral cysts, reflecting ovarian congestion and strongly suggesting the diagnosis of torsion. Normal arterial and venous flow, however, was fo...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Hurh PJ,Meyer JS,Shaaban A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The imaging of pediatric airways presents a challenge because of the superimposition of the airway over the bone of the spine on the AP view. In recent years, some radiology departments have replaced conventional X-ray films by computed radiography (CR). The effect of the various changes upon image quality and radiati...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Nickoloff EL,Berdon WE,Lu ZF,Ruzal-Shapiro CB,So JC,Dutta AK

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00