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Radiological Imaging in the Management of Pediatric Pain

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Imaging plays a part in the workup and management of a large range of conditions in children and adults (Tables 14.1 and 14.2). A complete discussion of imaging as it relates to all conditions that cause chronic pain in children is beyond the scope of this chapter. Thus, we limit our discussion to a group of relatively common conditions, including complex regional pain syndrome, low back pain, headache, and cancer pain, with discussion of image-guided interventions when appropriate. We also briefly discuss basic interpretation of spine magnetic resonance imaging.

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Curran, J., Sephadari, A., Shankar, H. (2011). Radiological Imaging in the Management of Pediatric Pain. In: McClain, B., Suresh, S. (eds) Handbook of Pediatric Chronic Pain. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0350-1_14

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