Abdominal Masses
10.1055/b-0034-87872 Abdominal Masses Imaging is essential in management of suspected abdominal masses. Data to be obtained are the composition of the mass (solid, cystic, or mixed), its limits, its location…
The Gastrointestinal Tract: Stomach
10.1055/b-0034-87866 The Gastrointestinal Tract: Stomach Dilatation Table 2.36 Gastric dilatation Diagnosis Findings Comments Aerophagia Marked gastric distention due to swallowed air Caused by crying. May be exacerbated during feeding in…
The Gastrointestinal Tract: Ileocecal Area
10.1055/b-0034-87869 The Gastrointestinal Tract: Ileocecal Area A large number of GI diseases can manifest as right lower quadrant (RLQ) acute pain, and some of them are potentially surgical. Knowledge of…
The Gastrointestinal Tract: Esophagus
10.1055/b-0034-87865 The Gastrointestinal Tract: Esophagus Displacement and Compression Esophageal displacement can be demonstrated by means of an upper GI (UGI) study, MRI, or CT. Table 2.30 Esophageal displacement Diagnosis Findings…
The Gastrointestinal Tract: Small Bowel
10.1055/b-0034-87867 The Gastrointestinal Tract: Small Bowel The diagnosis of small-bowel diseases is a challenge to the clinician because of the overlapping of nonspecific symptoms. Disorders affecting the small bowel are…
The Spleen
10.1055/b-0034-87864 The Spleen The spleen is a wedge-shaped organ that is convex supero-laterally and concave inferomedially with a vascular hilum. It can be affected either by primary pathologic process or…
Thorax: The Lungs
10.1055/b-0034-87851 Thorax: The Lungs Diffuse Lung Disease Lung Disease in the Neonate The differential diagnosis for diffuse lung disease in the neonatal period is relatively narrow. The final diagnosis is…
Thorax: Pleura and Diaphragms
10.1055/b-0034-87852 Thorax: Pleura and Diaphragms Pneumothorax Table 1.36 Pneumothorax patterns Diagnosis Findings Comments Lateral pneumothorax Clear lung edge visible with thin pleural line. Erect or semierect. Apical pneumothorax Clear lung…
Mediastinum: The Mediastinum
10.1055/b-0034-87855 Mediastinum: The Mediastinum The mediastinum is the central space of the thorax located between the two pleuropulmonary cavities to the right and left, the cervicothoracic inlet above, and the…
Mediastinum: The Trachea
10.1055/b-0034-87853 Mediastinum: The Trachea Fixed Tracheal Stenosis and Tracheomalacia Tracheal pathology in children generally consists of tracheal narrowing that may be fixed (tracheal stenosis), this can be subdivided in long…
