Multidetector CT angiography of pediatric vascular malformations and hemangiomas: utility of 3-D reformatting in differential diagnosis

• Published in: Pediatric radiology Vol. 35; no. 11; pp. 1100 - 1106
• Main Authors: Bittles, Mark A, Sidhu, Manrita K, Sze, Raymond W, Finn, Laura S, Ghioni, Victor, Perkins, Johnathan A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Springer Nature B.V 01.11.2005
• Subjects: Adolescent; Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations - diagnostic imaging; Cerebral Angiography - instrumentation; Cerebral Angiography - methods; Child; Child, Preschool; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Head and Neck Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Hemangioma - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - instrumentation; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Infant; Male; Prognosis; Radiographic Image Enhancement - methods; Reproducibility of Results; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - instrumentation; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods

Vascular malformations can be difficult to diagnose and classify. Accurate classification is important because treatments and prognosis vary based on the type of lesion. Diagnosis is based on a combination of clinical features with a variety of imaging techniques, including US, MRI/MRA, CT, and conv...