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…
Heart and Great Vessels: Cardiovascular Devices
10.1055/b-0034-87859 Heart and Great Vessels: Cardiovascular Devices Table 1.88 Cardiovascular devices Diagnosis Findings Comments Coarctation of aorta Fig. 1.227a, b Stent. For adolescent patients. Patent ductus arteriosus Fig. 1.216, p….
Heart and Great Vessels: The Great Vessels
10.1055/b-0034-87858 Heart and Great Vessels: The Great Vessels In young children, the great vessels, on conventional radio-graphs, are or can be obscured by the shadow of the thymus. As the…
