of the Pleural Spaces
Fig. 1 (a) CXR: pneumothorax is located only in the anteromedial and subpulmonary site. The radiant beam does not tangentially detect any visceral pleural border, and the sign of the…
Diaphragmatic Injuries
A 62-year-old man who was struck by a car: Computed tomography (CT) images demonstrate the absence of the interposition of lungs between the upper abdominal contents and the chest wall…
Tracheobronchial Injuries
Fig. 1 Penetrating tracheal injury secondary to intubation. Supine chest radiograph shows overdistention of the endotracheal cuff (dashed line). Furthermore, left pneumomediastinum (arrows), right heart contour outline (arrowheads), and bilateral…
Emergencies: Acute Chest Pain
Fig. 1 Early triage of ED patients presenting with chest pain (Adapted from Rybicki et al. 2016) Based on this initial evaluation, the ED physician has to risk-stratify the majority…
Fractures Raising the Question of Abuse
and Marguerite M. Caré1 (1) Department of Radiology ML5031, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA KeywordsFractureMetaphysisRibsPeriosteal reaction 3.1 Fractures Even though fractures of the shafts of long bones may well occur…
Normal Skeletal Findings Not to Be Confused with Abuse
and Marguerite M. Caré1 (1) Department of Radiology ML5031, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA KeywordsChild abuseMetaphyseal collarBone barkUlnas 2.1 Metaphyseal Collar Understanding the metaphyseal collar is one of the keys…
Metabolic Bone Disease and Other Alternative Reasons for Fractures
and Marguerite M. Caré1 (1) Department of Radiology ML5031, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA KeywordsRicketsLeukemiaChild abuseCopper deficiency 4.1 Rickets and Other Metaphyseal Lucency Many times infants who have rickets on…
Skull, Subdurals, and Brain
and Marguerite M. Caré1 (1) Department of Radiology ML5031, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA KeywordsSubdural hemorrhageHypoxic-ischemic injuryAbusive head injury 6.1 The Skull Linear, parietal bone fractures are the most common…
