title: Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Detection of Cancer in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
abstract: The use of point-of-care ultrasound in the pediatric emergency department is evolving beyond conventional applications as users become more expert with the technology. In this case series, we describe the potential utility of recognizing abnormal anatomy to impact care in the context of possible cancer in pediatric patients. We describe 4 patients with Langerhans histiocytosis, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, and rhabdomyosarcoma, in which point-of-care ultrasound was used to facilitate the diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; †Department of Paediatric, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; ‡St Joseph's Health Center, University of Toronto; §Division of Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; ║Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster Children's Hospital Faculty of Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario; ¶Secteur Urgence, Département Pédiatrie, CHU Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec; #Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; and **Division of Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Roaa S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Jamjoom
authors.forename: Yousef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Etoom
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Solano
authors.forename: Marie-Pier
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Desjardins
authors.forename: Jason W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010372:Pediatrics; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging