Published in Pediatric Radiology
Ultrasonography (US) is the imaging method of choice for evaluating the pediatric thyroid gland, complemented by scintigraphy and thyroid function tests, especially when evaluating children with suspected congenital hypothyroidism, goiter, infectious or autoimmune diseases, or neoplasm. Diagnostic considerations in newborns with congenital hypothyr...
Published in Pediatric Radiology
Published in Pediatric Radiology
BackgroundOur nearly 500-member department implemented the shadowing program “Walk in My Shoes” to improve intradepartmental relationships and build a stronger sense of community. The program provides both clinical and non-clinical employees an opportunity to shadow colleagues in their various roles and learn more about one another’s contribution t...
Published in Pediatric Radiology
Published in Pediatric Radiology
Published in Pediatric Radiology
Autoinflammatory diseases are a family of disorders characterized by aberrant stimulation of inflammatory pathways without involvement of antigen-directed autoimmunity. They can be further divided in monogenic and polygenic types. Those without an identified genetic mutation are known as polygenic and include systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arth...
Published in Pediatric Radiology
Published in Pediatric Radiology
Autoinflammatory diseases constitute a family of disorders defined by aberrant stimulation of inflammatory pathways without involving antigen-directed autoimmunity. They may be divided into monogenic and polygenic types. Monogenic autoinflammatory syndromes are those with identified genetic mutations, such as familial Mediterranean fever, tumor nec...
Published in Pediatric Radiology
Published in Pediatric Radiology
Lung ultrasound (US) cannot be considered a new diagnostic imaging technique anymore, with some articles dating back 50 years. The question that hovers over it recently is why it is still not widely accepted, like chest radiography. So, have we wasted a lot of time without using lung US, or are we wasting our time using lung US? The main goals of t...
