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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
CTs are useful in diagnosing organic causes of failure to thrive. | |||
==CT scan== | |||
*CTs are useful in diagnosing organic causes of failure to thrive. | |||
*Listing down each organic cause is beyond the scope of this microchapter. | |||
*Some examples are | |||
*'''Unilateral renal ectopia''' | |||
*# CT pelvis of a boy who presented failure to thrive, fatigue, intermittent fevers, weight loss, night sweats, and vague discomfort in his abdomen and extremities. | |||
*#CT shows the right kidney ectopically positioned in the right lower quadrant. | |||
[[Image:Renal Ectopia CT.jpg|thumb|center|500px|https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/case?id=ed1c24d6-a7c5-402f-8f04-d0816b846c3a]] | |||
*'''Scimitar syndrome''' | |||
*#CT with IV contrast shows a hypoplastic right lung with arterial blood supply coming off of the descending aorta, as well as venous drainage directly into inferior vena cava. | |||
[[Image:Scimitar syndrome CT.jpg|thumb|center|500px|https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/topic?id=6d4e9590-ea5b-4938-be75-e5af30312203]] | |||
[[Image:Scimitar syndrome CT 1.jpg|thumb|center|500px|https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/topic?id=dff03aae-ea33-45c3-8c9a-cf64979526b8]] | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akash Daswaney, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
CTs are useful in diagnosing organic causes of failure to thrive.
CT scan
- CTs are useful in diagnosing organic causes of failure to thrive.
- Listing down each organic cause is beyond the scope of this microchapter.
- Some examples are
- Unilateral renal ectopia
- CT pelvis of a boy who presented failure to thrive, fatigue, intermittent fevers, weight loss, night sweats, and vague discomfort in his abdomen and extremities.
- CT shows the right kidney ectopically positioned in the right lower quadrant.
- Scimitar syndrome
- CT with IV contrast shows a hypoplastic right lung with arterial blood supply coming off of the descending aorta, as well as venous drainage directly into inferior vena cava.
