abstract：:We present a pictorial review of neonatal ischemic brain injury and look at its pathophysiology, imaging features and differential diagnoses from a radiologist's perspective. The concept of perinatal stroke is defined and its distinction from hypoxic-ischemic injury is emphasized. A brief review of recent imaging adva...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Badve CA,Khanna PC,Ishak GE

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient organ doses may be estimated from CTDI values. More accurate estimates may be obtained by measuring KERMA (Kinetic Energy Released in Matter) in anthropomorphic phantoms and referencing these values to free-in-air X-ray intensity. OBJECTIVE:To measure KERMA ratios (R(K)) in pediatric phantoms at CT....

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Huda W,Ogden KM,Lavallee RL,Roskopf ML,Scalzetti EM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several techniques have been used to diagnose gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in children, but no single test is sufficiently accurate to completely investigate the problem. Gastroesophageal US has been described as a widely available, noninvasive and sensitive method. It provides morphological and functional informatio...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Savino A,Cecamore C,Matronola MF,Verrotti A,Mohn A,Chiarelli F,Pelliccia P

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MRI is the most sensitive imaging modality in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), but has practical limitations. Optimizing the scanning protocol is, therefore, necessary to increase feasibility and patient comfort. OBJECTIVE:To determine the feasibility of bilateral non-contrast-enhanced open-bore MRI of ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Hemke R,van Veenendaal M,Kuijpers TW,van Rossum MA,Maas M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Urea cycle disorders encompass several enzyme deficiencies that can result in cerebral damage, with a wide clinical spectrum from asymptomatic to severe. OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to correlate brain MRI abnormalities in urea cycle disorders with clinical neurological sequelae to evaluate whether ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Bireley WR,Van Hove JL,Gallagher RC,Fenton LZ

更新日期：2012-04-01 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:Typical flow velocity profiles in the extraparenchymal pulmonary veins (PVs) demonstrate two major antegrade flow waves: a biphasic systolic wave (S), with S1 and S2 peaks and a monophasic early diastolic wave (D). Flow reversal during atrial systole (A) is common. There is agreement that the forward diastol...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Shariat M,Grosse-Wortmann L,Windram J,Yoo SJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diffusion tensor parameters can be analysed by fitting regions of interest (ROIs) to selected brain structures. The clinical usefulness of these measurements is influenced by their reproducibility and validity. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the reproducibility of fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean diffusivity (...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Lepomäki VK,Paavilainen TP,Hurme SA,Komu ME,Parkkola RK,PIPARI study group.

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal imaging with high-resolution US and rapid acquisition MRI plays a key role in the accurate diagnosis of congenital chest masses. Imaging has enhanced our understanding of the natural history of fetal lung masses, allowing for accurate prediction of outcome, parental counseling, and planning of pregnancy and n...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Barth RA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internal hernias are uncommon in children and their clinical and imaging findings have not been widely addressed. OBJECTIVE:To determine the spectrum of clinical and imaging findings of internal hernia (IH) in children and to highlight diagnostic features. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Review of clinical, imaging ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Tang V,Daneman A,Navarro OM,Miller SF,Gerstle JT

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subglottic haemangioma causes progressive and life-threatening stridor, typically manifesting at age 2-3 months. Standard diagnosis is by laryngoscopy. Larynx sonography is rarely used but allows assessment of the presence and extension of a mass that impinges on the subglottic airway. The additional use of ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Rossler L,Rothoeft T,Teig N,Koerner-Rettberg C,Deitmer T,Rieger CH,Hamelmann E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is debated whether iso-osmolar and low-osmolar contrast media are associated with different incidences of contrast medium-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients with renal insufficiency. OBJECTIVE:To compare the incidence of CIN in children undergoing contrast-enhanced multidetector computer tomography (M...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Zo'o M,Hoermann M,Balassy C,Brunelle F,Azoulay R,Pariente D,Panuel M,Le Dosseur P

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular rings and pulmonary slings are congenital anomalies of the aortic arch/great vessels and pulmonary arteries, respectively, that commonly present early during infancy and childhood with respiratory and/or feeding difficulties. The diagnosis of these conditions frequently utilizes a multi-modality radiological ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Dillman JR,Attili AK,Agarwal PP,Dorfman AL,Hernandez RJ,Strouse PJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MRI is frequently utilized to evaluate patients for osteomyelitis. The findings of intramedullary and extramedullary fat globules as well as extramedullary fat-fluid levels can help improve the specificity of MRI for this diagnosis. OBJECTIVE:To correlate these MRI findings with the clinical characteristics...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Mattis TA,Borders HL,Ellinger DM,Junewick JJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MRI is being increasingly used to evaluate tissue relaxation in the setting of iron overload. Diagnostic accuracy is strongly dependent upon the acquisition and analysis methods employed. Typically, a multi-echo train of relaxation data is acquired, the resulting curve is fit using a non-linear (exponential)...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Otto R,Ferguson MR,Marro K,Grinstead JW,Friedman SD

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the clinical and imaging characteristics of the most common ovarian neoplasms in children and adolescents. Because of the widespread use of diagnostic imaging, incidental ovarian neoplasms might be encountered during the evaluation of abdominal pain, trauma or other indications and might pose a diagnostic di...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Epelman M,Chikwava KR,Chauvin N,Servaes S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the need for accurate diagnostic imaging often continues throughout a cancer survivor's life, imaging methods with the least toxicity must be used so as to provide needed information without contributing to long-term sequelae that might compound toxicities inherent with the primary disease and its treatment. In thi...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Kaste SC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the state of California enacted a law requiring radiologists to record the radiation dose that each patient receives for a CT scan. Failure to do so is penalized by law. This law becomes effective in July 2012. By July 2013, every facility that performs CT scans must become accredited by one of three profess...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Goske MJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemangiomas are common vascular tumors occurring in children. Though most of the lesions present in infants and young children with a typical appearance, it is important to understand that they all do not behave in the same way. Rather, they are a group of vascular lesions with different clinico-pathological subtypes,...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Restrepo R,Palani R,Cervantes LF,Duarte AM,Amjad I,Altman NR

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sonography has been used to predict pneumatic reduction outcome in children with intussusception. OBJECTIVE:To assess the prognostic significance of fluid between the intussusceptum and intussuscepiens with respect to reduction outcome, lead point or necrosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sonograms of children wi...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Gartner RD,Levin TL,Borenstein SH,Han BK,Blumfield E,Murphy R,Freeman K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pectus excavatum, the most common congenital deformity of the anterior chest wall, is both a cosmetic and functional abnormality. The degree of abnormal chest wall deformity determines its functional effect, particularly its cardiac and pulmonary impact. Although CT scanning is the most widely used cross-sectional ima...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Marcovici PA,LoSasso BE,Kruk P,Dwek JR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Digital radiography (DR) is one of several new products that have changed our work processes from hard copy to digital formats. The transition from analog screen-film radiography to DR requires thorough user education because of differences in image production, processing, storage and evaluation between the ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Morrison G,John SD,Goske MJ,Charkot E,Herrmann T,Smith SN,Culbertson J,Carbonneau K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review explores what is already understood about antenatal diagnosis of a variety of conditions,including Down syndrome, what progress has been made in this field, the role that imaging plays in the diagnostic pathway and the impact on management of pregnancies and the parental decision process. An overview of fu...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Garel L

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the setting of clinically suspected Legg-Calvé-Perthes (LCP) disease and negative/equivocal radiographs, contrast-enhanced MRI can be performed to confirm the diagnosis. OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of unexpected causes of hip pain as identified by MRI in children with clinically suspected LCP di...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Lobert PF,Dillman JR,Strouse PJ,Hernandez RJ

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an unusual case of severe hydranencephaly in a term infant who presented with the following additional unique features, which were discovered on CT, MRI and MR angiography examinations: (1) occlusion of the bilateral posterior cerebral arteries, (2) absence of the occipital lobes, (3) an ovoid calcified mas...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Kelly TG,Sharif UM,Southern JF,Gururajan K,Segall HD

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydranencephaly is an encephaloclastic central nervous system disorder characterised by severe destruction of the cerebral hemispheres with preservation of posterior fossa structures. We present MRI and neurosonography features of a unique case of hydranencephaly involving cerebellum (in the form of complete liquefact...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Taori KB,Sargar KM,Disawal A,Chhadi S,Rathod J

更新日期：2011-02-01 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

abstract：:Gallbladder volvulus in children is rare. Pre-operative diagnosis is considered difficult because of the nonspecific symptoms and inflammatory blood analysis findings. Sometimes diagnosis is confirmed at laparotomy. Many reports mention that the chief complaints of this disease are sudden and severe abdominal pain. We...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Inoue S,Odaka A,Hashimoto D,Tamura M,Osada H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastomas are the most common extracranial solid malignancy in children. In contrast, salivary gland tumors are uncommon in children, accounting for only 1% of all pediatric neoplasms. Parotid metastases are rare; only two cases of parotid metastases from neuroblastomas have been reported with an emphasis on the ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Boyd DT,Hayeri MR,Kadom N

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraspinal rib head dislocation is an important but under-recognized consequence of dystrophic scoliosis in patients with neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1). OBJECTIVE:To present clinical and imaging findings of intraspinal rib head dislocation in NF1. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed clinical pre...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Ton J,Stein-Wexler R,Yen P,Gupta M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an unusual case of a child with a congenital solitary functional kidney complicated by a sports-related posttraumatic Page kidney. The child developed severe hypertension and renal insufficiency requiring percutaneous intervention to preserve renal function. The literature is sparse with no definitive guidel...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Vo NJ,Hanevold CD,Edwards R,Hoffer FA,Koyle MA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LLD) is a rare metabolic disorder that typically presents with skin xanthomas and pancreatitis in childhood. We report a case of LLD in an infant who presented with jaundice caused by a pancreatic head mass. Abdominal imaging also incidentally revealed hyperechoic renal masses caused by ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Servaes S,Bellah R,Verma R,Pawel B

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress fractures of many etiologies are found not infrequently in various tarsal bones but are less commonly recognized in carpal bones. OBJECTIVE:To assess the distribution of tarsal and carpal stress fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:During the last three decades, the senior author collected locations of ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Oestreich AE,Bhojwani N

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many intervention studies in preterm infants aim to improve neurodevelopmental outcome, but short-term proxy outcome measurements are lacking. Cortical plate and subplate development could be such a marker. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to provide normal DTI reference values for the cortical plate and subplate of p...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Dudink J,Buijs J,Govaert P,van Zwol AL,Conneman N,van Goudoever JB,Lequin M

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a neonate with antenatal imaging features suggestive of CLOVES syndrome. Postnatal clinical and imaging findings confirmed the diagnosis, with the constellation of truncal overgrowth, cutaneous capillary malformation, lymphatic and musculoskeletal anomalies. The clinical, radiological and histopathological f...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Fernandez-Pineda I,Fajardo M,Chaudry G,Alomari AI

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risks associated with total splenectomy, including overwhelming postsplenectomy infection, have led to an interest in the use of partial splenectomy as an alternative surgical option for children with congenital hemolytic anemias and hypersplenism. Partial splenectomy, a procedure designed to remove enough spleen ...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Hollingsworth CL,Rice HE

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatic involvement is frequent in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), with focal biliary cirrhosis being the pathognomonic hepatic manifestation. In around one-quarter of CF patients, it results in CF-associated liver disease (CFLD). This occurs as a relatively early complication with the majority of patien...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Menten R,Leonard A,Clapuyt P,Vincke P,Nicolae AC,Lebecque P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 16-year-old boy with autoimmune liver disease and longstanding portal hypertension in whom a CT arteriogram demonstrated a large aneurysm arising from the distal, extra-parenchymal portion of the splenic artery. Because of its location adjacent to multiple venous collaterals, the aneurysm was indistinguis...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Phillips GS,Vo NJ,Ishak GE,Swanson JO,Otto RK

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MRI is invaluable in assessing the neonatal brain following suspected perinatal injury. Good quality imaging requires adaptations to both the hardware and the sequences used for adults or older children. The perinatal and postnatal details often predict the pattern of lesions sustained and should be available to aid i...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Rutherford M,Biarge MM,Allsop J,Counsell S,Cowan F

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mainstay of imaging of gastrointestinal (GI) pathology in infants has always been and still is the plain radiograph of the abdomen and conventional contrast studies. In this review emphasis is placed on the situations where there are new imaging strategies and alternative modalities of imaging, including US, CT, M...

journal_title：Pediatric radiology

authors： Ryan S,Donoghue V

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00