Pediatrik Toraks Patolojilerinde Çok Dedektörlü BT\'nin Rolü

Chest computed tomography is one of the diagnostic procedures used for evaluation of lung disease in pediatric patients. In this study chest computed tomography images of 150 pediatric patients were reviwed retrospectively in comparison with preliminary clinical diagnosis and chest radiography findings recorded in computer files. The most common preliminary diagnosis for demand of chest computed tomography was lung infection-pneumonia. Recurrent lung infections, malignancy, chronic cough, foreign body aspiration, pleural effusion, tuberculosis and bronchiectasis were other preliminary diagnoses. The most common parenchymal pathology detected by computed tomography was atelectasis. Parenchymal consolidation, pleural effusion, bronchiectasis, mosaic attenuation, ground-glass opacity, nodular infiltration and nodule were other findings. In this study it was shown that some parenchymal lesions, pneumonia complications and pleural effusions, which were not evident on chest radiography, could be easily determined on computed tomography. In lung pathologies various imaging modalities are beneficial and to avoid unnecessary radiation exposure in pediatric patients, who are sensitive to radiation hazards, when the indication of computed tomography is determined, clinician should better take sentiments from the radiologist.