Monday, October 18, 2010

Critical Findings

CRITICAL FINDINGS
(Pediatric Radiology)

Pneumothorax
Acute Tension Pneumothorax
Aortic Dissection
Leaking Aortic Aneurysm
Free Air/Peritoneum
Perforated or Lacerated Viscus
Bowel Ischemia/Infarction
Ectopic Pregnancy
Testicular Torsion
Ovarian Torsion
Deep Vein Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolus
Acute Significant and/or Active Hemorrhage
Life-Threatening Location of Catheter or Tube
Vascular Catheter Fragment
Acute Intracranial Hemorrhage and/or Infarction
Any Type of Cerebral Herniation
Vertebral Fracture – Unstable
Acute Cervical Spine Fracture
Acute Spinal Cord Compression
Airway Foreign Body
Manifestations of Non-Accidental Trauma

Normal splenic sizes in children

Am. J. Roentgenol. Rosenberg et al. 157 (1): 119

Friday, October 15, 2010

Case of the week: Newborn respiratory distress

Thymic spinnaker sail sign (thymus elevated and outlined by pneumomediastinal air) and pneumothorax on the left