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Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery

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Ultrasound is the most important imaging modality in children and can play an important role in evaluation of the pediatric chest. Typical questions may be the evaluation of a thymic enlargement or mass, or the character of a pleural effusion. By using appropriate equipment and expertise, ultrasound can provide important information without the need for any other radiating imaging modality. This chapter describes the most important diagnoses, which can be evaluated by chest ultrasound from the view of a pediatric surgeon. The ultrasound appearance of normal conditions as well as different diseases is described, its role and limitations discussed and the need for further imaging recommended where appropriate.

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  1. Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, One Children’s Hospital Drive, 4401 Penn Avenue, 15224, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Asst. Prof. Stefan Scholz MD, FACS, FAAP

  2. Department of General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop Street, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Christine M. Leeper MD

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Mainz, 55101, Mainz, Germany

    Jan Gödeke MD

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Leeper, C., Gödeke, J., Scholz, S. (2016). The Thorax. In: Scholz, S., Jarboe, M. (eds) Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21699-7_4

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