Unsuspected pulmonary emboli in pediatric oncology patients: Detection with MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1216-1222

  Lee, Edward Y ^a   Kritsaneepaiboon, Supika ^a,b   Arellano, Claudia Martinez Rios ^a   Grace, Rachael F ^c   Zurakowski, David ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

MDCT; Neoplasm; Pediatric; Pulmonary embolism; Risk factors; Unsuspected findings

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBOLECTOMY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG EXAMINATION; LUNG LOBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOLOGIST; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TESTIS; TUMOR EMBOLISM; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BOSTON; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951962434     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3463     Document Type: Article

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