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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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Marcela De La Hoz Polo, Victoria E. Hudson, John Adu, Subarna Chakravorty, Saira Haque
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 …
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 …
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Erhan Bıyıklı, Didem Helvacıoğlu, Onur Buğdaycı, Buşra Gürpınar Tosun, Serap Turan, Tülay Güran, Abdullah Bereket
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 …
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Fredrik Stålhammar, Marie-Louise Aurumskjöld, Sofie Meyer, Marie Wiklund, Pär Wingren, Petru Liuba, Erik Hedström
First proposed by Gartland et al. in 1959 and subsequently refined by Wilkins in 1984, the modified Gartland classification has become a widely accepted and valuable grading scale for communication and initial treatment guidance of supracondylar …
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Rebecca J. Schultz, Jason Zarahi Amaral, Callie S. Bridges, Joseph Y. Allen, Eric S. Bih, Andrea T. Cruz, Aharon Z. Gladstein, Erin B. Henkel, Steven J. Kraus, Brian G. Smith, Jon C. Wall Jr., J. Herman Kan
Pediatric percutaneous cecostomy with subsequent antegrade colonic enemas was originally described in 1996 as an effective treatment option for fecal incontinence in patients with neurogenic bowel failing medical management [ 1 , 2 ]. A single …
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Charles A. James, Mark J. Hogan, Ryan P. Seay, Luke T. James, Hanna K. Jensen, Nicholas A. Kaukis, Mary B. Moore, Leah E. Braswell
Idiopathic scoliosis is common in adolescents, with a prevalence of up to 5%, of which about 20% require treatment [ 1 ]. Due to the rapid growth of the spine in this age group [ 2 ], the development of scoliosis must be regularly documented by …
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Christian Roth, Christoph-Eckhard Heyde, Eckehard Schumann, Dirk Voit, Jens Frahm, Franz W. Hirsch, Rebecca Anders, Daniel Gräfe
Bone marrow metastases—noted in 6% of patients with rhabdomyosarcoma—have been linked to very poor outcomes. Bilateral bone marrow sampling from iliac crests has been the gold standard for bone marrow examination in rhabdomyosarcoma, but sampling …
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Pia Kröning, Sebastian Berg, Martin T Freitag, Reineke A Schoot, Alexandra Fischer, Alexander Puzik, T Feuchtinger, Charlotte Niemeyer, Philipp Tobias Meyer, Markus Uhl, Simone Hettmer
Germline pathogenic variants in the phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) gene are associated with PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome, which includes a broad spectrum of autosomal dominant clinical phenotypes with overlapping features [ 1 ]. The …
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Claudia Martinez-Rios, Laura S. De Leon Benedetti, Luis Octavio Tierradentro-Garcia, Ozge Aksel Kilicarslan, Pablo Caro-Dominguez, Hansel J. Otero
We present the case of a 9-year-old girl who developed striking bone changes following two years of denosumab therapy for giant cell lesions of the jaw.
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Caroline Rutten, Claudia Martinez-Rios, Alan Daneman
A transseptal coronary artery course, also known as a transconal course, is an anomalous course of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) or the left anterior descending artery (LAD) through the conal septal myocardium. The conal septal myocardium …
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Vijetha V Maller, Jason N. Johnson, Umar Boston, Christopher Knott-Craig
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of arthritides that begin before 16 years of age, persist more than 6 weeks, and are of unknown etiology and pathophysiology [ 1 ]. It is the most common form of childhood arthritis …
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Atsuhiko Handa, M Alejandra Bedoya, Jade Iwasaka-Neder, Patrick R. Johnston, Mindy S. Lo, Sarah D. Bixby
