Imaging in Pediatrics

Pulmonary Sling

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Double Aortic Arch

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Glossoptosis

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Enlarged Lingual Tonsils

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Enlarged Palatine Tonsils

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Enlarged Adenoid Tonsils

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Exudative Tracheitis

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Croup

KEY FACTS Terminology Benign, self-limited viral inflammation of upper airway Symmetric subglottic edema results in stridor & characteristic “barky” cough Imaging Diagnosis usually clinical; radiographs used to exclude more serious causes of stridor Frontal view: Often more revealing than lateral…

Retropharyngeal Abscess

KEY FACTS Terminology Extranodal purulent fluid collection in retropharyngeal space (RPS) Imaging Lateral radiograph: Wide prevertebral distance with loss of normal contours at hypopharynx-esophagus interface CECT best tool for rapid characterization & evaluation of extent/complications RPS distended by defined, ovoid,…

Epiglottitis

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