title: [The value of spiral CT scan to diagnose the respiratory tract foreign body with negative chest X-rays].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Wuhan 430016, China.
authors.forename: Huiteng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhinan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jianbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shao
mesh_terms: 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