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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 4/2008

01-04-2008 | Commentary

Cumulative diagnostic radiation exposure in children with ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Author: Matthieu Vinchon

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 4/2008

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The advent of CT scan during the seventies has opened a new era in neurosurgery by allowing easy and noninvasive imaging of the brain. However, imaging based on X-rays is associated with a low but poorly evaluated risk of radio-induced lesions. In the present paper, the authors present two interesting and worrisome observations of tumors suspected of being induced by diagnostic imaging in shunted patients and review the pertinent literature. This case report raises a big question mark regarding our common practice of regular X-ray imaging (CT scanner and shunt series) for the management of shunted patients. …
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Metadata
Title
Cumulative diagnostic radiation exposure in children with ventriculoperitoneal shunts
Author
Matthieu Vinchon
Publication date
01-04-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 4/2008
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-007-0562-8

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