[The value of spiral CT scan to diagnose the respiratory tract foreign body with negative chest X-rays].
OBJECTIVE
To study the value of spiral CT scan in diagnosis of the respiratory tract foreign body in children.


METHODS
Eighty-four patients with negative chest X-rays who were considered to have respiratory tract foreign body were done chest spiral CT scans.


RESULTS
All cases were found foreign body under spiral CT scans.


CONCLUSIONS
Spiral CT scan is a special and valuable diagnostic method for respiratory tract foreign body. It can make up for the lack of chest X-rays.
Wang
Huiteng
H
Department of Otolaryngology, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Wuhan 430016, China.
Wang
Zhinan
Z
Shao
Jianbo
J
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012137:Respiratory System; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D014965:X-Rays