Pulmonary cryptococcosis is rare in immunocompetent subjects. Here, we present the case of a 16-year-old boy who was referred to our pediatric department for the management of multiple consolidations detected on chest radiography, which was routinely performed when the patient was being evaluated for an ankle fracture. Fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed, and the definitive diagnosis wa...

OBJECTIVE Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) is an uncommon disorder, which is characterized by recurrent hemoptysis, iron deficiency anemia and diffuse parenchymal infiltration on chest radiographs in pediatric patients. We wish to present clinical and radiological (plain radiography and CT) findings of this rare pathology. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 14-year-old girl was ...

Aim: To assess the etiology of chest pain among children referred to an emergency department or to a cardiology clinic Method: All echocardiograms performed on 50 consecutive children (27 girls, 23 boys) (aged 1.8 -16 years) who were referred to pediatric cardiology services for evaluation of chest pain in two years were reviewed. One pediatric cardiologist reviewed the patient records and echo...

Currently daily quality control (QC) tests for mammography systems are generally evaluated by using visual analysis phantoms, which of course means subjective measurement. In our study, however, we evaluated a novel digital phantom, the 1Shot Phantom M plus (1Shot Phantom), together with automatic analysis software dedicated for mammography systems using Fuji computed radiography (FCR). The dig...

Conventional chest radiography poses a challenging technical problem because of its requirement for simultaneous high-contrast display and wide-latitude recording across the entire image. We developed and evaluated a method of producing chest radiographs by using a tantalum air-interspace grid for highly efficient scatter rejection, wide-latitude X-ray film for recording the low-scatter image, ...

Background: Chest radiography is one of the most usual diagnostic tools for respiratory distress. Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess the specificity, sensitivity and clinical value of chest radiography of neonates with respiratory distress.Patients and Methods: A descriptive- analytical study was conducted on 102 neonates that were in neonatal intensive care unit of Imam Reza and...

Radiological imaging is an important part of today’s overall healthcare practicum and chest xrays are the number one exam performed. Imaging can begin as early as the first day of life but only recently have the effects of ionizing radiation on the pediatric population been brought to the forefront. Radiation effects are cumulative and children are more susceptible to cell damage therefore it i...