Monica Epelman

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..Literature regarding callosal injury after hypoxic-ischemic injury (HII) is scant...

..Understanding the spectrum of appearances of the various intracranial cystic lesions at head US improves the diagnostic yield, enables one to understand their pathogenesis, and facilitates patient care...

..We also provide a description of prenatal imaging findings and helpful diagnostic clues that may be useful for the characterization of the most commonly encountered prenatally diagnosed pulmonary developmental anomalies...

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..CT is reserved primarily for tumor staging and follow-up and for emergency situations...

..In the second part of the article an overview of pediatric CTA clinical applications is presented, illustrating low-dose and ultra-low dose techniques, with an emphasis on the specific protocols...

..The information provided by sonography allows a more complete understanding of the state of the bowel in patients with NEC and may thus make management decisions easier and potentially change outcome...

..Most reports comparing these modalities are retrospective and have a long interval between the exams...

..A practical approach to postnatal imaging of the neonate is discussed and the important genitourinary anomalies in this age group are presented and illustrated...

..The following review is a preliminary summary of our experience at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) using low-dose fetal CT in the evaluation of severe fetal osseous abnormalities...

..This is followed by a review of advanced clinical applications for fetal, cardiovascular, central nervous system, neck, thoracic, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, musculoskeletal, and virtual-autopsy imaging...

..There is little in the literature regarding the use of gray-scale and Doppler sonography of the bowel in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and how findings depicted by this modality might assist in predicting outcome and influence management...

..Familiarity with fetal MRI patterns of complex genitourinary abnormalities is crucial for making more precise diagnoses that will likely impact pregnancy management, counseling, and postnatal treatment...

..To perform a meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic performance of ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) for the diagnosis of appendicitis in pediatric and adult populations...

..The use of M-mode sonography for evaluation of diaphragmatic motion has only been previously reported in small series of children, and its use is not widespread among pediatric radiologists...

..Fluoroscopic examinations and abdominal radiographs can provide additional information that may support a diagnosis...

..It is typically accomplished by interposing a vascular conduit between the superior mesenteric vein to the still patent intrahepatic portal venous system. This procedure results in resolution of portal hypertension...

..Such studies may help us select which patients really require MR imaging...

..The review concludes with discussion and illustration of upper extremity CTA clinical applications...

..Fetal demise is an uncommon event encountered at MR imaging. When it occurs, recognition by the interpreting radiologist is important to initiate appropriate patient management...

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..A common complication of central catheters is vascular thrombosis. We have observed that the remaining thrombus can sonographically simulate the appearance of the catheter itself, suggesting that the catheter may have broken...

..This article illustrates by examples the usefulness of renal CTA for diagnosis of childhood renovascular hypertension and provides an overview of renal CTA findings in the most common childhood renovascular diseases...

..We also review growth disturbances caused by osteoid osteomas and potential mimickers, with imaging characteristics that can aid in diagnosis...

..We present a 13-year-old boy with residual perflubron in his lungs, 12 years following therapy with perflubron. The imaging features are important to recognize as these patients return for additional care and imaging...

..In such subjects, kidney size is typically larger than that of age-matched normal controls...

..This article reviews normal anatomy and congenital malformations of the genitourinary system...

..We present a case of TSC in utero wherein access to and use of multiple imaging modalities confirmed diagnosis and allowed the patient to receive optimal care prior to birth...

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..95%. Compared with DSA, CT angiography yielded a sensitivity of 90.9% and a specificity of 92.4%. CONCLUSION: Multidetector CT angiography is an accurate, noninvasive technique for the imaging of peripheral vascular disease...

..The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of FAST were 92.5%, 97.2%, and 95.5%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: FAST is an effective tool in screening pediatric trauma patients for blunt abdominal trauma...

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..Physicians caring for neonates should be aware of this benign and transient condition...

..To determine the risk factors, clinical features, and outcome of infants diagnosed with portal vein thrombosis (PVT)...

..Newborn infants show a postnatal decline in androgen levels as the fetal adrenal glands involute...

..This article discusses the gross and radiographic appearances and the latest treatment options for vascular anomalies...

..The radiographic findings of bronchial rupture have been reported in very few series. We report the findings in two children with bronchial rupture diagnosed by CT, in whom CT resulted in a significant change in patient management...

..To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the English literature with sonographic depiction of spontaneous thrombosis of a hepatic posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm in a child...