Manifestations of Pediatric Systemic Diseases

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Fig 1. A 13-year-old girl with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Axial lung window computer tomography (CT) shows bronchiectasis in the posterior lower lobes. Right pleural effusion is also seen Some specific…

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in the Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer

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Fig 1. Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Computed tomography (CT) shows a nodule with a spiculated margin in the right upper lobe. Note that spiculation is typical for primary lung malignancy. At…

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Cardiovascular Diseases

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Fig. 1 a, b. Coarctation of the aorta in an 11-year-old male who presented with upper extremity hypertension. a Axial MRI shows a normal sized ascending aorta (AA) and a…

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a Child with a “Cough”: A Pragmatic Approach

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Infancy Early childhood Late childhood Gastroesophageal reflux Post-viral airway hyper-responsiveness Asthma Infection Asthma Post-nasal drip Congenital malformation Passive smoking Smoking Congenital heart disease Gastroesophageal reflux Pulmonary tuberculosis Passive smoking Foreign…

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Medical and Surgical Lung Diseases

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Fig 1. Surfactant deficiency. A 27-week-gestation infant on the first day of life. Portable chest radiograph shows hypoinflated lungs with scattered air-bronchograms Fig 2. Asymmetric surfactant administration. A 28-week-gestation infant…

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Findings on Thoracic and Cardiac CT

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Fig 1. Axial image shows a right axillary lymph node with a fatty hilum (arrow) indicating a benign lymph node The thyroid gland is usually at least partially included on…

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Chest Tumors Including Lymphoma

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Fig. 1. An 18-year-old-female presenting with Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a mediastinal mass. The mass is irregular in shape, having lost the normal morphology of the thymus, and is heterogeneous in…

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PET/CT in the Imaging of Mediastinal Masses

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Fig. 1 a–i. A 27-year-old male who underwent staging PET-CT for nodular sclerosing Hodgkin lymphoma. a A 3D-maximum intensity projection (MIP) image shows a bulky, markedly hypermetabolic mediastinal mass (SUVmax…

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of Thoracic Trauma

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Level of aortic injury Direct signs Indirect signs Minimal aortic injury Intraluminal thrombus: round or triangular intraluminal filling defect attached to the wall of the aorta Intimai flap: small (<1…

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