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HIV-associated (non-thymic) intrathoracic lymphoepithelial cyst in a child
An unusual case of a juxtabronchial lymphoepithelial cyst in an HIV-positive child with post-obstructive pneumonia is presented. The pathogenesis and similarity with parotid lymphoepithelial cysts is discussed.
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Cystic dysplasia of the testis: sonographic diagnosis and differentiation from testicular microlithiasis
Cystic dysplasia of the testis is an uncommon benign cause of an intratesticular mass in children. It is often associated with renal abnormalities, which reflects the close developmental association between t...
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Intrasplenic masses of “preserved” functioning splenic tissue in sickle cell disease: correlation of imaging findings (CT, ultrasound, MRI, and nuclear scintigraphy)
Purpose. We studied six patients with sickle cell disease (SSD), five homozygous for sickle cell anemia and one with sickle betathalassemia, in whom rounded intrasplenic masses proved to be preserved functioning...
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Pneumothorax as the presenting sign ofPneumocystis carinii infection in an HIV-positive child with prior lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis
An HIV-positive child presented with a pneumothorax secondary to cavitaryPneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis had been evident on earlier radiographs but had resolved, concur...
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Congenitally short trachea and high carina with left mainstem bronchus compression by the ligamentum arteriosum
We report a patient with congenitally short trachea (CST), defined as a decreased number of tracheal rings and high carina, who had respiratory distress and overaeration of the left lung secondary to extrinsic...
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Deferoxamine-induced platyspondyly in hypertransfused thalassemic patients
Deferoxamine chelation therapy (widely used to reduce iron overload in hypertransfused thalassemic patients) has been implicated in causing skeletal growth abnormalities (rachitic-like changes in the long bone...
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MRI marrow observations in thalassemia: The effects of the primary disease, transfusional therapy, and chelation
The magnetic resonance bone marrow patterns in thalassemia were evaluated to determine changes produced by transfusion and chelation therapy. Thirteen patients had T1-and T2-weighted images of the spine, pelvi...
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MR marrow signs of iron overload in transfusion-dependent patients with sickle cell disease
Magnetic resonance (MR) marrow signal in the axial and appendicular skeleton of 13 transfusiondependent and chelated pediatric patients with sickle cell anemia (SSD) was compared with marrow signal in six non-...
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Midgut malfixation in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: What is the risk of midgut volvulus?
Twenty-four patients with repaired diaphragmatic hernia had upper gastrointestinal series to assess the rotation and fixation of the bowel. A spectrum of rotational abnormalities was present in almost all pati...
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Systemic arterial collateral esophageal indentations in pseudotruncus arteriosus
Barium esophagrams were obtained in two patients with respiratory problems whose underlying congenital heart disease was pseudotruncus arteriousus type I. The esophagrams revealed vascular indentations on the ...
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MR signal characteristics of cadaveric bone allografts in three children with primary bone tumors treated with limb salvage therapy
Three children with adult cadaveric bone allografts for the treatment of bone malignancies are presented. Follow-up magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrated decreased signal on T1-weighted imaging and incr...
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Hepatic spindle cell tumors in HIV positive children
Spindle cell tumors (leiomyoma, leiomyosarcoma) have been described in HIV infected children involving the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract and liver. The same tumor has been reported in immuno-compro...
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Adrenal hemorrhage complicating ACTH therapy in Crohn's disease
Huge dose ACTH therapy is used in some severely ill patients with inflammatory bowel disease. We report a teenage girl with Crohn's disease who developed an acute abdomen following ACTH therapy. CT revealed th...
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Pericardial effusion and cardiac hemangioma in the neonate
In the absence of hydrops or sepsis, a pericardial effusion is a rare occurrence in the neonate. We report a case of a neonate with a pericardial effusion in which there was an associated intracardiac hemangio...
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Salt losing nephropathy simulating congenital adrenal hyperplasia in infants with obstructive uropathy and/or vesicoureteral reflux-value of ultrasonography in diagnosis
Salt losing nephropathy, occurring predominantly in male infants, has been reported in association with a spectrum of urologic diseases including obstructive uropathy and massive, infected vesicoureteral reflu...
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Enteric fistula formation secondary to necrotizing enterocolitis
We report two cases of enterocolonic fistula formation following necrotizing enterocolitis, and a review of the six previously published cases. Ischemic mechanism is the most likely cause. The fistulas were di...
