title: Thoracic neoplasms in children.
abstract: This article presents an overview of the benign and malignant neoplasms that affect the chest in children and their imaging characteristics. The relative roles of plain film, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, CT, MR imaging, and nuclear imaging in assessing these lesions are reviewed. Areas covered include the mediastinum, heart, lungs, airway, pleura, and chest wall.
authors.affiliation: Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 725 Welch Road, Room 1677, Stanford, CA 94305-5913, USA. Bev.newman@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Beverley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012142:Respiratory Tract Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography