The diagnostic value of coronal airway CT scan for foreign body aspiration in children
- VernacularTitle:气道冠状位CT扫描对儿童气道异物的诊断价值
- Author:
Guorong YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Foreign body;
Air way;
Children;
Computed tomogaphy(CT)
- From:
Journal of Chongqing Medical University
2003;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective; To investigate the diagnostic value of coronal airway CT scan for foreign body aspiration in children. Methods; The X rays and CT findings in 51 cases of foreign body aspiration confirmed by endoscopy were reviewed . Results; The shape and location of foreign body in 51 cases were all distinctively showed on CT images. 6 of 8 cases of tracheal foreign body aspiration and 37 of 43 cases of bronchial foreign body aspiration were diagnosed with radiographic signs. Conclusion; The coronal CT scan has a compacity of demonstrating the foreign body intensively and dinstinctively, and can be used as an important diagnostic method for foreign body aspiration.
