Child Abuse (Radiology)
Background Among the first to identify issues related to child abuse, Dr. John Caffey studied and published results in 1946 detailing multiple unexplained long-bone fractures of apparent traumatic origin in…
Approach to Lateral Neck Radiographs
Approach to the Lateral Neck Radiograph The lateral neck radiograph is a relatively inexpensive, readily available, and easy-to-perform examination that is very useful for the evaluation of suspected abnormalities in…
Imaging of the Neonate: Preterm Infant
Preterm birth is birth before 37 weeks’ gestational age. The incidence of preterm birth is approximately 1 in 10 births in the United States. The imaging of a preterm infant…
Abusive Head and Spinal Trauma
This chapter will review the basics of abusive head and spinal trauma, focus on common questions that arise when interpreting imaging studies of children with inflicted injuries of the central…
Approach to Pediatric Soft Tissue Masses
Why Imaging? Pediatric patients with soft tissue musculoskeletal masses encompass a wide array of pathology that ranges from benign fatty masses and self-involuting vascular tumors all the way to aggressive…
Dose Optimization and Risk Management in Pediatric CT
The radiologist’s most obvious “product” is the interpretation rendered for an imaging study. Although this visible document is a key component of the radiologist’s job, it is only one of…
Approach to Pediatric Elbow
The elbow is complex in its multiple articulations, which allow for flexion and extension, as well as supination and pronation. Imaging of the pediatric elbow is deceptively simple: two conventional…
Imaging Approach to Pediatric Bone Lesions
“Knowledge is power…knowledge is safety…knowledge is happiness.” —Thomas Jefferson Bone lesions are a frequently encountered diagnostic challenge faced by radiologists in the evaluation of pediatric and adolescent patients. Up to…
Skeletal Dysplasias
Skeletal dysplasias are bone and cartilage disorders that result in abnormal skeletal development and often, short stature. Skeletal dysplasias and syndromes with bony involvement are not uncommonly seen in pediatric…
Approach to Pediatric Foot
The pediatric foot can be complex, from both clinical and imaging perspectives. Acquired and congenital diseases can affect the foot, especially during early childhood development. Because radiographs are often first…
