The pediatric airway: a review of differential diagnosis by anatomy and pathology.
In children, lesions involving and affecting the airway are numerous and vary in origin. Categorizing these lesions by origin (traumatic, inflammatory, congenital or developmental, neoplastic, and vascular) or by anatomy (nasal airway and nasopharynx, oral airway and oropharynx, larynx, trachea, and extrinsic lesions) will aid in narrowing the differential diagnosis and may guide imaging.
Chung
C J
CJ
Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7510, USA. cjchung@med.unc.edu
Fordham
L A
LA
Mukherji
S K
SK
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D007830:Larynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009055:Mouth / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D012142:Respiratory Tract Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis