Transplantation and the pediatric chest.
The plain chest radiograph is the mainstay in the imaging assessment of the chest in a prospective organ recipient and is invaluable in the initial evaluation of posttransplant complications. Although the presence of focal or diffuse air-space disease on a chest radiograph is often nonspecific, this finding helps direct the choice of other diagnostic methods. Among cross-sectional imaging techniques, computed tomography is used most often to further define anatomy and abnormal findings and to guide needle biopsy or aspiration if necessary. A variety of posttransplant complications are discussed, including common postoperative findings, pulmonary infection, and organ rejection.
Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
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Ledesma-Medina
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Green
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Newman
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology