Evaluation of non-vascular mediastinal masses in infants and children: An evidence-based practical approach

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Lee, Edward Y ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging evaluation; Non vascular mediastinal masses; Pediatric patients; Practical approach

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; PEDIATRICS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 63349106092     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-1108-2     Document Type: Review

References (55)

1. Heitzman ER (1988) The mediastinum. Springer, Berlin
2. DF Merten 1992 Diagnostic imaging of mediastinal masses in children AJR 158 825 832
3. MP Meza M Benson TL Slovis 1993 Imaging of mediastinal masses in children Radiol Clin North Am 31 583 604
4. F Laurent V Latrabe R Lecesne 1998 Mediastinal masses: diagnostic approach Eur Radiol 8 1148 1159
5. JJ Erasmus HP McAdams LF Donnelly CE Spritzer 2000 MR imaging of mediastinal masses Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 8 59 89
6. HJ Williams HM Alton 2003 Imaging of paediatric mediastinal abnormalities Paediatr Respir Rev 4 55 66
7. Webb WR (2005) The normal mediastinum. In: Webb WR, Higgins CB (eds) Thoracic imaging. 1st edn. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp 175-270
8. McAdams HP, Erasmus JJ, Tarver RD, Spritzer CE (2003) Mediastinum. In: Haaga JR, Lanzieri CF, Gilkeson RC (eds) CT and MR imaging of the whole body. 4th edn. Mosby Inc., St. Louis, MO, pp 937-996
9. CR Whitten S Khan GJ Munneke S Grubnic 2007 A diagnostic approach to mediastinal abnormalities Radiographics 27 657 71
10. GJ Harris PK Harman JK Trinkle FL Grover 1987 Standard biplane roentgenography is highly sensitive in documentating mediastinal masses Ann Thorac Surg 44 238 241
11. VO Adegboye AI Brimmo OA Adebo 2003 The place of clinical features and standard chest radiography in evaluation of mediastinal masses West Afr J Med 22 156 160
12. JM Ahn KS Lee JM Goo 1996 Predicting the histology of anterior mediastinal masses: comparison of chest radiography and CT J Thorac Imaging 11 265 271
13. P Liu A Daneman DA Stringer 1988 Real-time sonography of mediastinal and juxtamediastinal masses in infants and children Can Assoc Radiol J 39 198 203
14. EJ Adam PI Ignotus 1993 Sonography of the thymus in healthy children: frequency of visualization, size, and appearance AJR 161 153 155
15. CD Liang SC Huang 1997 Sonographic study of the thymus in infants and children J Formos Med Assoc 96 700 703
16. OH Kim WS Kim MJ Kim 2000 US in the diagnosis of pediatric chest diseases Radiographics 20 653 671
17. GM Graeber CD Shriver RA Albus 1986 The use of computed tomography in the evaluation of mediastinal masses J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 91 662 666
18. MJ Siegel SS Sagel K Reed 1982 The value of computed tomography in the diagnosis and management of pediatric mediastinal abnormalities Radiology 142 149 155
19. Lee EY, Siegel MJ (2008) Pediatric airways disorders: large airways. In: Boiselle PM, Lynch DA (eds) CT of the airways. Humana, Totowa, NJ, pp 351-380
20. EY Lee PM Boiselle RH Cleveland 2008 Multidetector CT evaluation of congenital lung anomalies Radiology 247 632 648
21. WR Webb G Gamsu DD Stark 1984 Evaluation of magnetic resonance sequences in imaging mediastinal tumors AJR 143 723 727
22. G Gamsu DD Stark WR Webb 1984 Magnetic resonance imaging of benign mediastinal masses Radiology 151 709 713
23. GK von Schulthess K McMurdo D Tsholakoff 1986 Mediastinal masses: MR imaging Radiology 158 289 296
24. MJ Siegel SN Nadel HS Glazer SS Sagel 1986 Mediastinal lesions in children: comparison of CT and MR Radiology 160 241 244
25. L Kornreich G Horev N Ziv M Grunebaum 1992 Cystic mediastinal lesions in children: evaluation by magnetic resonance and conventional imaging Eur J Pediatr 151 38 41
26. H Nakata K Egashira H Watanabe 1993 MRI of bronchogenic cysts J Comput Assist Tomogr 17 267 270
27. S Murayama J Murakami H Watanabe 1995 Signal intensity characteristics of mediastinal cystic masses on T1-weighted MRI J Comput Assist Tomogr 19 188 191
28. M Gaeta S Vinci F Minutoli 2002 CT and MRI findings of mucin-containing tumors and pseudotumors of the thorax: pictorial review Eur Radiol 12 181 189
29. MY Jeung B Gasser A Gangi 2002 Imaging of cystic masses of the mediastinum Radiographics 22 S79 S93
30. A Shankar F Fiumara R Pinkerton 2008 Role of FDG PET in the management of childhood lymphomas-case proven or is the jury still out Eur J Cancer 44 663 673
31. F Montravers D McNamara J Landman-Parker 2002 [18F]FDG in childhood lymphoma: clinical utility and impact on management Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29 1155 1165
32. MM Hudson MJ Krasin SC Kaste 2004 PET imaging in pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma Pediatr Radiol 34 190 198
33. EA Wegner SF Barrington JE Kingston 2005 The impact of PET scanning on management of paediatric oncology patients Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 32 23 30
34. G Depas C De Barsy G Jerusalem 2005 18F-FDG PET in children with lymphomas Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 32 31 38
35. S Hermann D Wormanns M Pixberg 2005 Staging in childhood lymphoma: differences between FDG-PET and CT Nuklearmedizin 44 1 7
36. M Tatsumi C Cohade Y Nakamoto 2005 Direct comparison of FDG PET and CT findings in patients with lymphoma: initial experience Radiology 237 1038 1045
37. E Kabickova D Sumerauer E Cumlivska 2006 Comparison of 18F-FDG-PET and standard procedures for the pretreatment staging of children and adolescent with Hodgkin's disease Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 33 1025 1031
38. H Amthauer C Furth T Denecke 2005 FDG-PET in 10 children with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: initial experience in staging and follow-up Klin Padiatr 217 327 333
39. G Jerusalem Y Beguin MF Fassotte 1999 Whole-body positron emission tomography using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose for posttreatment evaluation in Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has higher diagnostic and prognostic value than classical computed tomography scan imaging Blood 94 429 433
40. GP Canellos 1988 Residual mass in lymphoma may not be residual disease J Clin Oncol 6 931 933
41. A Gdeedo P Van Schil B Corthouts 1997 Prospective evaluation of computed tomography and mediastinoscopy in mediastinal lymph node staging Eur Respir J 10 1547 1551
42. BD Cheson SJ Horning B Coiffier 1999 Report of an international workshop to standarize response criteria for non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. NCI Sponsored International Working Group J Clin Oncol 17 4 1244 1253
43. TC Kwee RM Kwee RA Nievelstein 2008 Imaging in staging of malignant lymphoma: a systematic review Blood 111 504 516
44. C Nanni D Rubello P Castellucci 2006 18F-FDG PET/CT fusion imaging in paediatric solid extracranial tumours Biomed Pharmacother 60 593 606
45. RM King RL Telander WA Smithson 1982 Primary mediastinal tumors in children J Pediatr Surg 17 512 520
46. Ravitch MM (1986) Mediastinal cysts and tumors. In: Welch KJ, Randolph JG, Ravitch MM, O'Neill JA Jr, Rowe MI (eds) Pediatric surgery. 4th edn. Year Book Medical, Chicago, pp 602-618
47. MD Cohen TR Weber FW Sequeira 1983 The diagnostic dilemma of the posterior mediastinal thymus: CT manifestations Radiology 146 691 692
48. DA Cory MD Cohen JA Smith 1987 Thymus in the superior mediastinum simulating adenopathy: appearance on CT Radiology 162 457 459
49. TL Slovis M Meza JP Kuhn 1992 Aberrant thymus-MR assessment Pediatr Radiol 22 490 492
50. BK Han DS Babcock AE Oestreich 1989 Normal thymus in infancy: sonographic characteristics Radiology 170 471 474
51. DF Billmire 1999 Germ cell, mesenchymal and thymic tumors of the mediastinum Semin Paediatr Surg 8 85 91
52. HS Glazer MJ Siegel SS Sagel 1989 Low-attenuation mediastinal masses on CT AJR 152 1173 1177
53. HS Glazer PL Molina MJ Siegel 1991 High-attenuation mediastinal masses on unenhanced CT AJR 156 45 50
54. SG Kirchner M Hernanz-Schulman SM Stein 1991 Imaging of pediatric mediastinal histoplasmosis Radiographics 11 365 381
55. TL Slovis MP Meza B Cushing 1997 Thoracic neuroblastoma: what is the best imaging modality for evaluating extent of disease Pediatr Radiol 27 273 275