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24.05.2024 | Mini symposium: Imaging of intersex and gender diverse youth

Evaluation and medical care of intersex and gender diverse youth

While there is considerable overlap in the treatment of patients with intersex traits and differences in sex development (I/DSD) with transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth, the initial medical evaluation varies significantly. I/DSD youth …

verfasst von:
Kelsey B. Eitel, Juanita K. Hodax

24.05.2024 | Case Report

Decidual cast: a rare cause of genital tract obstruction

Decidual cast is a little-known entity characterized by sloughing of the endometrium in several large pieces or in one cylindrical or membranous piece retaining the shape of the uterine cavity. Accounts of the diagnosis are sporadic and have not …

verfasst von:
Evelyn Lankester, Tara D. Justice, Aalia Sachedina, Daniel G. Rosenbaum

23.05.2024 | Original Article

Assessment of MR blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) cerebrovascular reactivity under general anesthesia in children with moyamoya

Moyamoya disease is a chronic and progressive cerebral arteriopathy characterized by steno-occlusion of the arteries of the circle of Willis. Compensatory mechanisms include the development of collaterals to bypass the occlusion and distal …

verfasst von:
Eun Jung Choi, David Levin, Amanda Robertson, Fenella J. Kirkham, Prakash Muthusami, Pradeep Krishnan, Manohar Shroff, Mahendranath Moharir, Peter Dirks, Daune MacGregor, Elizabeth Pulcine, Ishvinder Bhathal, Andrea Kassner, Kirstin Walker, Warwick Allan, Gabrielle deVeber, William J. Logan, Nomazulu Dlamini

23.05.2024 | Review

Contemporary multimodality non-invasive cardiac imaging protocols for tetralogy of Fallot

Tetralogy of Fallot is the most prevalent cyanotic congenital heart disease, requiring lifelong multimodality non-invasive cardiac imaging, such as echocardiography, cardiothoracic computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. As …

verfasst von:
Hyun Woo Goo, Shyh-Jye Chen, Suvipaporn Siripornpitak, Haifa Abdul Latiff, Boekhren Karyostyko Borhanuddin, Ming Chen Leong, Yu Min Zhong, Young Jin Kim

23.05.2024 | Commentary

Athletic pubalgia in pediatric athletes: implications of the unfused pubic physis on diagnosis and outcome

verfasst von:
Sarah D. Bixby, Pierre d’Hemecourt

Open Access 22.05.2024 | Original Article

Shear wave elastography and dispersion imaging for hepatic veno-occlusive disease prediction after pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a feasibility study

Hepatic veno-occlusive disease is a drug-induced liver injury associated with chemotherapy regimens used in conditioning for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This injury disrupts venous outflow, leading to congestion and portal …

verfasst von:
Seul Bi Lee, Seunghyun Lee, Yeon Jin Cho, Young Hun Choi, Jung-Eun Cheon, Kyung Taek Hong, Jung Yun Choi, Hyoung Jin Kang

21.05.2024 | Original Article

Comparison of pediatric lens scattered dose measurements between axial 40-mm and helical 160-mm detector width computed tomography scan modes

Area-detector computed tomography (CT)—such as the Revolution CT with a 256-row, 0.625-mm multidetector, and the Aquilion ONE GENESIS Edition with a 320-row, 0.5-mm multidetector—can capture an area of up to 160 mm in a single rotation, and CT …

verfasst von:
Takanori Masuda, Masao Kiguchi, Chikako Fujioka, Takayuki Oku, Toru Ishibashi, Yasushi Katsunuma, Takayasu Yoshitake, Shuji Abe, Kazuo Awai

21.05.2024 | Original Article

Associations of BRAFV600E mutation with the American College of Radiology Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System and clinicopathological characteristics in pediatric patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma

Thyroid cancer is the principal endocrine cancer in the pediatric population, with accelerating incidence in recent years [ 1 ]. Approximately 90% of histological types of pediatric thyroid cancer are papillary thyroid cancer. Compared to adults …

verfasst von:
Yan Tan, Jia Zhong, Taiqing Zheng, Yusi Fu, Minghui Liu, Guotao Wang

20.05.2024 | Hermes

Hermes

18.05.2024 | Letter to the Editor

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verfasst von:
Justine Chanclud, Eléonore Blondiaux, Catherine Garel

18.05.2024 | Image

Congenital pulmonary venolobar syndrome with thoracic ectopic kidney

verfasst von:
Neeraj Kumar, Niraj Nirmal Pandey, Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan, Priya Jagia

17.05.2024 | ESPR 2024, Seville

Pediatric three-dimensional quantitative cardiovascular computed tomography

High-resolution, isotropic, 3-dimensional (D) data from pediatric cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) offer great potential for the accurate quantitative evaluation of pediatric cardiovascular and pulmonary vascular diseases. Recent pilot …

verfasst von:
Hyun Woo Goo

17.05.2024 | Image

Deep learning reconstruction computed tomography with low-dose imaging

verfasst von:
Akio Tamura, Yoshitaka Ota, Kunihiro Yoshioka

16.05.2024 | Case Report

Ultrasound and computed tomography angiography diagnosis of fetal right atrial isomerism with cardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and intestinal malrotation: a case report and literature review

Right atrial isomerism is a rare and severe isomerism. It is frequently associated with complex congenital heart disease and various extracardiac anomalies. Imaging diagnosis of right atrial isomerism is a challenge. Multisystem and complex …

verfasst von:
Junxia Gao, Hongping Ou, Hui Xing, Hui Chen, Yanli Huang, Feng Cao, Yu Wang

16.05.2024 | Pictorial Essay

Clinical and radiological evaluation of caudal regression syndrome

Caudal regression syndrome is a form of segmental spinal dysgenesis involving the caudal spinal column, ranging from segmental coccygeal agenesis to extensive thoracolumbar agenesis with varying degrees of spinal cord dysgenesis. A majority of …

verfasst von:
Venkatram Krishnan, Sriram Jaganathan, Sateesh Jayappa, Charles Glasier, Arabinda Choudhary, Raghu Ramakrishnaiah, Janice Murphy

16.05.2024 | Editor’s Commentary

CT radiation exposure and cancer risk: from knowing to acting

verfasst von:
Donald P. Frush, Guy Frija, Bibb Allen, Boris Brkljacic, John Damilakis, Mahadevappa Mahesh

14.05.2024 | Pictorial Essay

The many faces of sickle cell disease in children: complications in the appendicular skeleton

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary red cell disorder with clinical manifestations secondary to sickling or crescent-shaped distortion of the red blood cells. Musculoskeletal complications of SCD are often the main causes for acute and …

verfasst von:
Marcela De La Hoz Polo, Victoria E. Hudson, John Adu, Subarna Chakravorty, Saira Haque

13.05.2024 | Original Article

MR imaging spectrum of adolescent pubic symphyseal injuries/athletic pubalgia

The pubic symphysis is a complex non-synovial cartilaginous joint providing stability to the pelvis through its musculotendinous and ligamentous attachment [ 1 , 2 ]. The aponeurosis, made from blended fibers of the abdominis rectus, adductor …

verfasst von:
Rida Salman, Abeer Albar, J. Herman Kan

Open Access 08.05.2024 | Original Article

Evaluating breast ultrasonography as a complementary diagnostic method in girls with central precocious puberty

Onset of breast development in girls before 8 years of age is considered the first sign of precocious puberty. It has been demonstrated that overweight/obesity is associated with earlier breast development, as well as earlier menarche in girls [ 1 …

verfasst von:
Erhan Bıyıklı, Didem Helvacıoğlu, Onur Buğdaycı, Buşra Gürpınar Tosun, Serap Turan, Tülay Güran, Abdullah Bereket

Open Access 03.05.2024 | Original Article

Photon-counting computed tomography for paediatric congenital heart defects yields images of high diagnostic quality with low radiation doses at both 70 kV and 90 kV

Computed tomography (CT) is used in paediatric patients with congenital heart defects for diagnosis, preoperative planning, and postoperative evaluation [ 1 – 3 ]. CT is widely available and fast. It can often be used without sedation or with …

verfasst von:
Fredrik Stålhammar, Marie-Louise Aurumskjöld, Sofie Meyer, Marie Wiklund, Pär Wingren, Petru Liuba, Erik Hedström