Diagnosis of pneumothorax without exposure to ionising radiation
| Autor: | Andrea Fiorelli, Rosa Maria Ammendola, Isabella Ceravolo, Iacopo Carbone, Giovanni Barchetti |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment pulmonary and respiratory medicine imaging/CT MRI etc paediatric lung disaese pleural disease 03 medical and health sciences Pleural disease Ataxia Telangiectasia 0302 clinical medicine Radiation Ionizing Female patient medicine Humans Chemotherapy Chest discomfort business.industry Interstitial lung disease Pneumothorax medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery Chest tube 030228 respiratory system Ataxia-telangiectasia Female Radiology business 030215 immunology |
| Popis: | A 14-year-old female patient affected by ataxia telangiectasia (AT) syndrome presented with mild dyspnoea and chest discomfort of a few days duration. After a short course of antibiotic therapy, which yielded no significant clinical improvement, a chest MRI was requested to evaluate possible acute or chronic pulmonary infections. The choice fell on MRI first because the patient’s conditions was not critical, and, second, to avoid further exposure to ionising radiations, as the patient had undergone a chest X-ray 2 weeks earlier for a similar episode. The MRI study unexpectedly revealed a spontaneous right-sided pneumothorax of moderate size (figure 1). The pneumothorax was successfully treated with a chest tube and the patient recovered … |
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