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We are publishing a pediatric imaging textbook, one case every day, and currently have 2,000 cases covering 1,000 diseases and 125 differential diagnoses, 50 procedure descriptions and 4 review courses.
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School ager with palpable mass behind knee
Transverse grayscale (above)+sagittal color doppler (below) US of popliteal fossa show large anechoic lesion in popliteal fossa...
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...which is avascular and whose neck at its deepest extent was seen to extend into the joint space between the semimembranosus tendon and medial head of gastrocnemius tendon.
The diagnosis was popliteal cyst.
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Newborn with posterior fossa cyst on prenatal US
Sagittal T1 MRI(above left) shows cystic lesion in inferior posterior fossa which is not causing any mass effect in normally sized posterior fossa
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Coronal T2 MRI (above right) and axial T1 MRI without contrast (below) show a mildly enlarged fourth ventricle which is connecting to the cystic lesion due to mild agenesis of the cerebellar vermis.
The diagnosis was Dandy Walker variant.
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Preschooler with elevated liver function tests
Sagittal (above left)+transverse (above right) US of liver show increased echogenicity around portal veins - a starry sky appearance
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Sagittal (below left) and transverse (below right) US of the gallbladder show diffuse gallbladder thickening.
The diagnosis was acute hepatitis.
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Newborn who experienced shoulder dystocia during delivery
CXR AP shows a complete fracture through the diaphysis of the left humerus.
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The fracture fragments are not in anatomic alignment and apposition.
The diagnosis was proximal humerus fracture.
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Toddler with respiratory distress
CXR AP (left)+CXR lateral (right) show heart to be enlarged+pulmonary vascularity to be increased.
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The lungs are clear.
The diagnosis was atrial septal defect.
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Newborn with respiratory distress
CXR AP is angled superiorly at greater than 90 degrees to the patient and therefore shows the apices of the lungs very clearly.
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The ribs have a different contour than would be expected on a normal CXR AP angled at 90 degrees to patient. Heart size is normal, pulmonary vascularity is not congested+lungs are clear.
The diagnosis was normal lordotic view of chest.
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Newborn with bilateral unpalpable testicles
Transverse(above left)+sagittal(below left) US of pelvis show right testicle to lie lateral to superior aspect of bladder
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Transverse (above right) and sagittal (below right) US of the left inguinal canal shows the left testicle to lie within the left inguinal canal.
The diagnosis was bilateral undescended testicles with the left testicle in the inguinal canal and the right testicle in the abdomen.
School ager with left preauricular mass
Axial (above)+coronal (below) CT show well-circumscribed oval lesion near left ear that has calcifications within it.
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There are no inflammatory changes associated with it.
The diagnosis was pilomatricoma.
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