Calcified pulmonary thromboembolism in a child with sickle cell disease: Value of multidetector CT in patients with acute chest syndrome

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 561-563

  Staser, Jonathan A ^a   Alam, Tariq ^b   Applegate, Kimberly ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; CT angiography; Pulmonary embolism; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; OXYGEN;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SURGERY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CALCINOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646731980     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0161-y     Document Type: Article

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