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From: Emergency room imaging in pediatric patients with cancer: analysis of the spectrum and frequency of imaging modalities and findings in a tertiary cancer center and their relationship with survival

Fig. 2

Representative cases of ER imaging findings in pediatric cancer patients. a 14-yo male with chronic myelogenous leukemia comes to the ER with fever and cough. Chest radiograph showed consolidation (circle) in the left lung consistent with pneumonia. Patient was alive at 838 days after the visit. b 15-year-old female with undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma of right skull base presents with weakness and urinary retention. MRI spine showed increased leptomeningeal and intramedullary metastases (arrows) on sagittal contrast-enhanced T1-weighted image causing cord compression shown on axial T2-weighted image. Patient died 132 days after the visit. c-d 10-year-old female with post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder after a remote cardiac transplantation presenting with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Abdominal ultrasound (c) and Doppler studies (d) demonstrate long segmental small bowel intussusception in the left upper quadrant with a mass suspicious lead-point (broken arrows) which was confirmed after surgery. Patient was alive at 1543 days after the visit. e-f 14-year-old female with B-lymphoblastic lymphoma presents with chest pain. Chest radiograph (e) showed pneumothorax (pleural line shown with arrowheads). Further evaluation with CT (f) identified numerous left subpleural blebs (broken circle) that was speculated to be causative of the pneumothorax. Patient was alive at 1562 days after the visit

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Cancer Imaging

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