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Imaging of round pneumonia and mimics in children
Various diseases in the pediatric age group can present as an intrathoracic rounded opacity on a chest radiograph. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to emphasize the imaging appearance of round pneumonia, an entity that occurs especially in the pediatric population. Additional pathologies with...
| Autores principales: | , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7080009/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20686763 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00247-010-1767-7 |
| Sumario: | Various diseases in the pediatric age group can present as an intrathoracic rounded opacity on a chest radiograph. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to emphasize the imaging appearance of round pneumonia, an entity that occurs especially in the pediatric population. Additional pathologies with similar chest radiographic appearances are also presented. The diagnosis of round pneumonia should be made in children who have the typical clinical presentation along with chest radiographs demonstrating the characteristic findings. |
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