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Pediatric Radiology
Published in: Pediatric Radiology 2/2007

01-02-2007 | Case Report

Pseudodissection of the aorta

Author: Karen Blumberg

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 2/2007

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Abstract

Motion of the aortic wall resulting in the appearance of aortic dissection on CT is a well-described artifact in the adult radiology literature. Aortic dissection is rare in the pediatric population, and literature on pediatric CT angiography has not included recognition of this pitfall in the diagnosis of children. The current case illustrates a patient at risk of aortic dissection and a false-positive CT diagnosis as a result of this artifact.
Literature
1.
Zalzstein E, Maor R, Zucker N et al (2003) Aortic dissection in children and young adults; diagnosis, patients at risk and outcomes. Cardiol Young 13:341–344PubMed
2.
Ko SF, Hsieh MJ, Chen MC et al (2005) Effects of heart rate on motion artifacts of the aorta on non-ECG-assisted 0.5-sec thoracic MDCT. AJR 184:1225–1230PubMed
3.
Roos JE, Willmann JK, Weishaupt D et al (2001) Thoracic aorta: motion artifact reduction with retrospective and prospective electrocardiography-assisted multi-detector row CT. Radiology 222:271–277CrossRef
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Morgan-Hughes GJ, Owens PE, Marshall AJ et al (2003) Thoracic aorta at multi-detector row CT: motion artifact with various reconstruction windows. Radiology 228:583–588PubMedCrossRef
Metadata
Title
Pseudodissection of the aorta
Author
Karen Blumberg
Publication date
01-02-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Pediatric Radiology / Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-006-0369-x

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