Pediatric-chest, GI, GU Flashcards
croup-what, who, syx’s, orgm
- acute laryngotracheobronchitis
- 6 mo-3 yrs (avg 1 yr)
- barky cough
- parainfluenza
steeple sign
loss of normal shouldering/lateral convexities of subglottic trachea
epiglottis-who, orgm cause of death
- 3.5 yrs (Recent spike in teenagers)
- H influenza
- death by asphyxiation from aryepiglottic folds (not epiglottis)
mcc acute upper airway obstruction in children
Croup
normal appearance of subglottic trachea
- “shouldering”
- lateral/outward convexities
croup appearance on chest xray
- narrowing subglottic trachea or overdistanded pharynx
- epiglottis & aryepiglottic folds normal
epiglottitis xray appearance
-thickening epiglottis (“thumb sign”) or aryepiglottic folds
omega epiglottis-fake out, how to distinguish
- epiglottitis fake out caused by oblique imaging
- look at aryepiglottic folds
exudative tracheitis (bacterial tracheitis)-what, orgm, who, img
- rare, deadly exudative infection of trachea
- staph aureus
- 6-10 yo
- “linear soft tissue filling defect in airway”, irregular tracheal plaques
retropharyngeal cellulitis, abscess-what, causes, syx’s, who, app
- pyogenic infection of retropharyngeal space usually following recent pharyngitis or URI
- sudden onset fever, stiff neck, dysphagia, stridor
- 6 mo-12 mo
- massive retropharyngeal soft tissue thickening
normal soft tissue thickness btw pst pharynx and ant vertebral body
- should not exceed AP diameter of cervical VBs
- ~ 6mm at C2, 22m at C6
pseudothickening RPS-who, when, how to distinguish
- infants, short necks
- neck not well extended
- distinguish: true thickening=apex anterior convexity of ST, repeat with neck in full extension, gas in ST
subglottic hemangioma-what, where, ass
- MC ST mass in trachea, MC subglottic
- asymmetric narrowing trachea (left MC)
- ass:
- cutaneous hemangiomas 50%
- PHACES syndromen 7%
PHACES
- Posterior fossa (Dandy walker)
- Hemangiomas
- Arterial anomolies
- Coarctation of aorta, cardiac defects
- Eye abN
- Subglottic hemangiomas/Sternal Cleft/Supraumbilical raphe
laryngeal cleft-aka, what, ass, img, dx
-aka laryngoesophgeal cleft
-communicating defect in pst wall of larynx and esophagus or anterior hypopharynx
- different cleft classifications
- ass malformations (usually GI, VACTER)
- fluoro: thin tract of contrast extending to larynx or trachea)
- dx=direct visualization/scope
aw papilloma-what, cause, app
- lobulated mass(es) in airways & ass pulm nodules (solid & cavitated)
- HPV (perinatal transmission)
- usually mult: “papillomatosis” –> mult areas of atelectasis & air trapping (vs solitary carcinoid or FB)
adenoids
- seen at 3-6 mo
- full at 1-2 yrs
- too big when encroach on airway
How often does meconium staining of amniotic fluid occ? What does it look like? Aspiration syndrome?
15%, 5%
-green stained amniotic fluid
group B Strep vs non GBS neonatal PNA
- GBS= mc pna, low lung vol, 67% pl eff
- non GBS-hyperinflated, patchy & asymm perihilar densities, pl eff 75%
how often is meconium aspiration asss w/ PTX?
20-40%
when does TTN start, peak and resolve?
6 hrs, 24 hrs, 3 d
true or false: a normal plain film at 6 hrs excludes SDD
True
Increased risks of surfactant therapy
- pulmonary hemorrhage
- PDA
GBS neonatal PNA-how, who, app
- mc neonatal pna
- from birth canal
- (+) risk if premature
- low lung vol, granular opacities, pl effusion 25%
“granular opacities”
GBS neonatal PNA (pl eff) & SDD (no pl eff)
persistent pulmonary HTN/persistent fetal circulation-what, 2˚ causes
- persistence of high pressure in lungs
- 1 or 2˚ (hypoxia-from pna, meconium aspiration etc.)
“reduced thoracic circumference” on OB US
pulmonary hypoplasia
“fetal lung:head ratio <1” on OB US
pulmonary hypoplasia
CDH associations
- cong heart dx
- malrotation (ess 100%)
- right sided -GBS
mortality rate in CDH related to…
degree of pulmonary hypoplasia
NG tube in CDH
curves into chest
true or false: bronchogenic cysts comm w/ aw
false
“recurrent PNA in same area”
intralobar sequestration
bronchopulmonary sequestration
extra lung that is NOT conn to aw or pulmonary arteries.
intralobar bronchopulmonary sequestration-how common, who, cong ass, img, where
- MC (75%)
- adolescence
- pulmonary venous drainage
- no pleural cover–> recurrent inf (bacteria migrates in from pores of Kohn)
- no ass cong anomolies
- LLL pst segm (60%), RLL 40%
extra lobar bronchopulmonary sequestration-how common, present, ass
- 25%, infancy
- respiratory distress/cyanosis (rel to associated congenital anomalies)
- ass w/ cong anomalies (extra for extra things)
- pleural covering–> rarely infected
- systemic venous drainage
Extralobar BPS associated congenital anomalies
extra for extra things:
- CCAM
- CDH
- pulm hypoplasia (Can’t breath)
- cong heart disease
- vertebral anomalies (Cervical, not actually but fits the mnemonic.)
congenital lobar emphysema-mx
lobectomy
ccam-acronym
congenital cystic/pulmonary adenomatoid malformation
CCAM types
1) 1+ large cysts (2-10cm)-50%
2) numerous small, uniform size cysts-50%
3) solid appearing but microscopic cysts-10%
4) unlined cyst typically affecting single lobe, indist from type 1
0) acinar dysgenesis or dysplasia, represents global arrest of lung development, v rare
CCAM mx
- 90% spon’t decrease during 3rd TM
- resect-risk of peluropulmonary blastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma
mass on 2nd TM US
pulmonary congenital malformation
normal 2nd TM US –> mass
1˚pulmonary tumor
pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB)-what, where, img, types, ass
- Rare malignant embryonal mesenchymal neoplasm of lung & pleura that arises during organ development
- mc 2˚lung malignancy in children. Big fucking mass in chest of 1-2 yo
- R-sided, pleural based, no chest wall invasion or Ca
- types: cystic, mixed, solid
- solid –> brain, bones
- cystic < 1yo, benign
- 10% multilocular cystic nephromas
PPB vs askin tumor or Ewing sarcoma of chest wall
PPB no chest wall/rib invasion
ideal termination of UA catheter
T8-10 or L3-L5
avoid renal arteries
what abdominal cong abN is a CI to UA catheter placement
omphalocele
UV catheter complications
- clot in portal v–> lobar atrophy
- cystic liver mass ==> hematoma; sugg erosion into liver
classic img viral pna. what is special about RSV?
- peribronchial edema
- mucus/debris in aw –> hyperinfl & subsegm atel
- RSV: segmental or lobar atel, esp RUL
round PNA-who, orgm, path, where, next step
-<8 yo
-S pneumonia
-path: don’t have goo collateral ventilation pathways
solitary
-pst lobes
-next step: follow up xray (no CT to exclude cancer)
lipoid pneumonia-classic hx, app, dx test of choice?
- parents giving olive oil daily –> chronic fat aspiration
- low attenuation in consolidated areas
- dx=bronchoalveolar lavage?
Swyer James-which lung is abnormal?
- post viral obliterative bronchiolitis –> affected lung smaller than normal/hyperexpanded lung.
- cause of unilateral Lucent lung
pulmonary hypoplasia
lung tiny or incompletely developed-1˚ or 2˚
pulmonary papillomatosis-app, risk/compl, sim to what disease?
- ST masses in aw & lungs/”multiple lung nodules w/ cavitation
- 2˚ risk SCC
- cysts & nodules = LCH + tracheal involvement
sickle cell/acute chest
- kids > adults (2-4)
- leading cause of death
- rib infarct –> pain causes decreased inspiration –> atelectasis/ infection
- pulmonary microvascular occlusion, infarct
- img: opacities
findings of sickle cell in cheset
- big heart
- humeral head infarcts
- h shaped vertebra
- cholecystectomy clips
CF in the chest
- apical predominant
- mucous plugging –> bronchiectasis, hyperinflation, finger in glove
- PAH
primary ciliary dyskinesia
- ciliopathy-motile part doesn’t work
- lower lobe predominant bronchiectasis
- kartageners 50%
- infertility (M); sub fertility (F)
why are men infertile in CF vs 1˚ ciliary dyskinesia
- CF: vas deferences absent
- PCD: sperm don’t swim
mc mediastinal mass
thymus
sail sign vs spinnaker sail sign of thymus
sail sign=normal triangular shape of thymus in kids (esp large in <5 yo)
-spinnaker sail sgx-lifting of thymus in PMX
things that make you think thymus cancer
- abN size for age (~15 yo)
- heterog
- Ca
- compression aw/vasc
thymic rebound
thymus shrinks in acute stress (PNA, radiation, cry, burns)
- recovery phase= return to size (sometimes larger); pet+!
- grows but maintains N triangular morphology
mc abnormal mediastinal mass in children
lymphoma (~>10 yrs vs normal thymus)
lymphoma vs ALL/leukemia
indistinguishable on img (st mediastinal mass)
47 XXY
klinefelter’s syndrome
3 flavors of mediastinal GCT
- teratoma-cystic, fat, Ca
- seminoma-midline; bulky, lobulated
- NSGCT- big & ugly; hemorrhage, necrosis; lung invasion
who’s at increased risk chest GCTs?
Klinefelter’s syndrome (300x risk)
middle mediastinal LAD causes
- granulomatous (Tb or fungal) MC; lymphoma
- mono (EBV 90%, CMV 10%)
- 1˚ tb
- histoplastmosis
- coccidioidomycosis
- lymphoma
- sarcoid
what do pt’s with mono get after amoxicillin
rash
histoplasmosis-US region, chest imaging
- MW, SE
- CXR: N (MC), hilar LAD
coccidioidomycosis-US region, chest img
-SW
-consolidation, nodules
hilar LAD
mediastinal lymphoma-which type
Hodgkins (4x MC than NHL)
-HL involves thymus 90%
pediatric chest sarcoid
- rare, onset usually ~20s
- few case reports
mediastinal duplications cysts-
- bronchogenic
- enteric
- neuroenteric
enteric mediastinal duplication cyst
- abut esophagus, same attenuation, may comm (fluid/air)
- distal R esophagus=2nd MC loc (ileum #1)
- middle or pst mediastinum
bronchogenic mediastinal duplication cyst
- abut trachea or bronchus, NO comm
- fluid/mucous filled
- subcarinal
- middle mediastinum (70%), hila (30%)
pst mediastinal masses-peds
- NB. GN, GB
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Askin Tumor (primitive neuroectodermal tumor of cw)
- neuroenteric cyst
- extramedullary hematopoiesis
- round PNA
- extralobar sequestration
neuroblastoma vs ganglioneuromas
- GN: less aggressive, more cirdcumscribed, no Ca, older children
- can’t differentiate based on imaging alone)
askin tumor (primitive neuroectodermal tumor of chest wall)-aka, features/img
part of Ewing sarcoma spectrum!
- aka “Ewing sarcoma of cw”
- displace rather than invade (exc when large)
- heterogenous, enhancing solid parts, no Ca
neuroenteric cyst-where, features, ass
Cyst along neuraxis (usually intraspinal)
- Most are intradural, extramedullary simple unilocular cysts ventral to spinal cord
- lower cervical/thoracic region
- well-demarcated, fluid att. no comm w/ csf
- ± vertebral anomalies, other closed spinal dysraphisms
extra medullary hematopoiesis-who, app, ass
myeloproliferative disorders, bone marrow infiltration (including SCD)
- BL, smooth sharply delineated ST paraspinal masses
- HMG, SMG
mc posterior mediastinal mass in child <2 yo
neuroblastoma
what does better: thoracic or abdominal neuroblastoma
Thoracic
imaging pst mediastinal NB
- pst mediastinal st mass, heterog + enh, Ca
- +/0 invasion ribs, VBs
spectrum ganglioneuromas
- ganglioneuroma (most mature)
- ganglioneuroblastoma (intermediate)
- neuroblastoma (undifferentiated)
normal thymus vs lymphoma?
age: <10 yo n thymus, >10 yo lymphoma
anterior mediastinal masses-peds
-normal thymus
-lymphoma
thymic hyperplasia
GCT
lymphangioma
mediastinal lymphoma-img
- usually >10 yo
- ant or middle mediastinal mass
- thymus, homogenous ST density, pericardial effusion, vascular/airway involvement
- Ca uncommon if untreated
pst mediastinal masses-approach
<10 yo: malignant; NB
>10 you: benign:
-round mass: ganglioneuroma, NF
-cystic + spinal anomaly: neuroenteric cyst
-course bone trabecularion, hx anemia-EMH
big chest masses
Askin (PNET/Ewings)
Pleuopulmonary blastoma
*age
MC TE fistula
N type (85%)
esophageal atresias/fistulas-types to know
- N type (85%)=blind ending esophagus w/ distal TE fistula
- Esophageal atresia, no fistula (10%)
- H type (1%)=no atresia, TE fistula; delayed diagnosis
TE fistulas w/ excessive air in stomach
N and H types
fake out for TE fistula
simple aspiration (look for laryngeal penetration)
what must be described prior to surgery in setting of EA/TE
right arch (4%)-changes approach
VACTERL
3+ anomalies. Heart & kidney MC Vertebral (37%) Anal (63%) Cardiac (77%) TE (40%) Renal (72%) Limb (radial ray) (58%)
relationship btw limbs and kidneys in VACTERL
- Both limbs involved –> both kidneys
- One limb involved –> one kidney
FB in trachea vs esophagus
- esophagus flexible, accommodates FB-coin turned in any dir
- trachea rigid, forces coin to rotate into pst mem (skinny in AP dir)
FB, what to do: AA or AAA batteries
- serial xray
- remove if in stomach >2d
FB, what to do: disc batteries
- es-2 hrs
- stom-4 hrs
disc battery vs coin
disc=2 rings
FB, what to do: coin
remove if:
- es 24 hrs
- stom 28 d
FB, what to do: penny minted after 1982
remove from stomach
what makes pennies minted after 1982 special? what’s the problem?
- contain zinc
- problems:
- stomach acid–> gastric ulceration
- Zn toxicosis (if absorbed in great enough quality)–> pancreatic dysfunction, pancreatitis
FB, what to do: lead
- remove immediately from stomach (gastric acid leads to immediate absorption)
- distal passage must be confirmed
FB, what to do: sharp objects
- esophagus-remove immediately
- stomach-removed immediately
- post pylorus=follow vs sx (if it does not perforated small bowel, it will be at IC valve)
classic ddx obstruction in older child-AIM
- appendicitis; adhesions
- inguinal hernia; intussuscpetion
- midgut volvulus; meckels
vascular rings & slings
- Pulmonary sling
- double aortic arch
- Innominate artery compression
- aberrhant left subclavian + right arch
- aberrhant right subclavian + L arch
only vascular ring/sling to go btw es & trachea?
pulmonary sling
what tracheal abnormality is pulmonary sling ass with?
tracheal stenosis
pulmonary sling is ass with many other cardiopulmonary & systemic anomalies. which ones?
hypoplastic right lung, horseshoe lung, TEF, imperforate anus, complete tracheal rings
pulmonary sling rx
surgical repositioning of artery (controversial)
dysphagia lusoria
trouble swallowing in setting of left arch with aberrant right subclavian
diverticulum of kommerell
pouch like aneurysmal dilation of proximal portion right subclavian artery
finding highly specific for duodenal atresia? when would you see it?
- double bubble
- 3rd TM OB US, plain film or MRI
what is malrotation ass with?
- heterodoxy syndromes
- omphalocele
- of note: SMA to right of SMV
FP malrotation on upper GI
distal bowel obstruction displacing duodenum (bc of ligamentous laxity)
corkscrew duodenum
midgut volvulus
Next step: non-bilious vs bilious vomiting
- US (pyloric stenosis)
- upper GI (midgut volvulus until proven otherwise)
Ladd’s bands
fibrous stalk of peritoneal tissues that fixes cecum to abdominal wall –> obstruction duodenum (intermittent episodes)
partial vs complete duodenal obstruction
- complete= midgut volvulus, duodenal atresia
- partial=ladd band, annular pancreas, duodenal web, stenosis
pre-duodenal portal vein-what, ass
anatomic variant, PV sit ant to D2
-duo obstr 50%, but ISN’T the cause (ass w/ other things…ladds bands, annular pancreas, etc)
Borchardt Triad
Gastric volvulus
1) inability to pass NGT
2) severe epigastric pain
3) retching w/o vomiting
When does hypertrophic pyloric stenosis occur?
specifically 2-12 wks (ie: not at birth and not >3mo)
-peak-3-6wks
primary differential pyloric stenosis
pyorospasm (will relax during exam)
MC patient pitfall during exam for pyloric stenosis that creates FN?
gastric overdistention –> displacement antrum & pylorus –> FN
pylori stenosis FP
off axis measurement
“paradoxical aciduria”
pyloric stenosis
Organoaxial vs mesenteroaxial age diff
Organo=Old
duodenal atresia association
- DS (30%)
- other intestinal atresia
- biliary abN
- cong heart dx
- VACTER
How do we know that double bubble is not an acute obstruction caused by a midgut volvulus, which is, a surgical emergency?
Dilatation of the duodenal bulb is seen only with chronic causes of obstruction. Not enough time for the bulb to become dilated in acute obstruction, such as with midgut volvulus
duodenal atresia vs stenosis
- atresia=occlusion, stenosis=fixed narrowing
- With duodenal stenosis, the double bubble is seen in association with the presence of distal bowel gas
duodenal web-what, where, ass, img
- partial canalization (not total like atresia)
- distal to ampulla
- ass: DS, malrot
- pin sized hole;
- wind sock deformity-older kids where web-like diaph stretched
small left colon- aka, what, mx
- meconium plug
- Functional colonic obstr,
- self limited, relieved by contrast enema
What is small left colon ass and NOT ass with
- NOT ass w/ CF
- mothers with DM or Mg sulfate for eclampsia
Hirschsprung dx-who
boys (4:1)
DS
HD dx imaging
- recto-sigmoid ration <1
- saw tooth (bowel spasm)
HD presentation
- no BM > 48-72 hrs
- forceful passage meconium after rectal exam
- nec bowel s/p 1 mo
total colonic aganglionosis
rare variant of HS mimicking microcolon
*can involve TI
calcified mass in mid abd
- meconium peritonitis. Sterile peritoneal rxn to in-utero bowel perforation ( w/ bowel atresia or MI
- perforation seals
imperforate or ectopic anus-range, ass
- anal atresia –> arrest of colon as it descends through pubrectalis sling
- fistula to GU tract
- ass=VACTERL, tethered cord-need screening US
MCC bowel obstruction peds > 4yo
appendicitis
mcc obstruction in boy 1mo-1yr
indirect ing hernia
when does intuss present?
3mo-3 yr, no lead points
when does intuss matter?
> 2.5 cm
-SB-SB <2 and spon’t reduce
intuss img
target sign
pseudo kidney
suspected lead points for intuss
HSP, MD, enteric cysts
CI enema reduction
- free air
- peritonitis
- septic/hypovolemic shock
Intuss success rate, recurrence timeframe, risk perforation (what to do?)
- succ: 80-90% (reduced with HSP)
- recurr 72 hrs
- 0.5% perforation –> needle decompression. *air causes less peritonitis than barium”
Meckel’s diverticiulum
congenital diverticulum of distal ileum, persistent piece of omphalomesenteric duct
MD rule of 2’s
- 2% population
- 2 types of heterotypic mucosa (gastric, pancreatic)
- 2 ft of IC valve
complications MD
- diverticulitis
- bleed (30%)
- intuss (seen w/ inverted diverticulum)
- obstruction
pentology of cantrell
1) omphalocele
2) ectopic cordis (abN location of heart)
3) diaphgragmatic defect
4) pericardial defect or sternal cleft
5) cardiovascular malformation
right sided extra-abdominal evisceration of neonatal bowel and sometimes stomach/liver through paraumbilical wall defect
gastroschisis
gastroschisis ass
intestinal atresia
gastroschisis maternal labs
AFP+ (higher than omphalocele)
complication gastroschisis repair
reflux
omphalocele ass
Trisomy 18 MC chrom
cardiac (50%)
syndromes-Klinefelter, BW, Turners, Pentalogy of Cantrell
probably causes gastroschisis vs omphalocele
- gastroschisis-environmental (ass w/ bowel atresia)
- genetic-ass w/ various other syndromes
enteric duplication cysts-what, compl, ass
- development anomalies (failures to canalize), can comm with lumen (but usually don’t)
- can obstr, perf
- ass: vertebral anomalies (30%)
cyst w/ gut signature
enteric duplication cyst
cyst w/o gut signature
omental cyst (lymphangioma=MC)
necrotizing enterocolitis-path
immature bowel mucosa –> translocation bacteria –> ischemia & inf
who gets NEC
- premature (90% w/I 1st 10 days)
- LBW (<1500 g)
- cardiac-can be FT
- perinatal asphyxia
- Hirschsprung kids that go home and come back
NEC findings
- pneumatosis (most definitive), PV gas (2nd most)
- focally dil bowel (RLQ)
- featureless small bowel w/ separation
- unchanging bowel gas pattern, ie: several plane films w/ bowel gas pattern unchanged.
where does NEC mostly occur?
right colon/terminal ileum
what is only parameter ass w/ decreased NEC
maternal breast milk
what do you ask yourself in determining NEC vs feces?
first-did the kid eat?
secondly- is it moving?
how often is pancreas involved in CF?
90%
dorsal pancreatic agenesis-what, ass
- dorsal bud does not form –> absent tail –> DM (most beta cells are in tail)
- ass w/ polysplenia
peds pancreatic mass: age 1, 6, 15
pancreatoblastoma, adenoCA, SPEN (solid & papillary epithelial neoplasm)
mc pediatric pancreatic solid tumor
Solid and papillary epithelial neoplasm (SPEN)
- female adolescent (asian or black)
- rx-surgical (good outcome)
pediatric liver tumors ages 0-3 yrs
- infantile hepatic hemangioma
- hepatoblastoma
- mesenchymal hamartoma
infantile hepatic hemangioma-ass findings, syndromes, labs
- liver mass + CMG (high output CHF)
- aorta above hepatic branches enlarged relative to aorta below celiac via differential flow
- +skin hemangiomas 50%
- endothelial GF+
- kasabach-merritt Syndrome (platelet eater)
- spon’t involute w/o therapy mo’s-yrs, prog Ca+
Hemangioma: Benign endothelial neoplasm of neonates/infants in soft tissues or viscera (especially liver)
- Not hemangioendothelioma (more aggressive tumor)
- Not cavernous hemangioma (venous malformation)
Congenital hemangioma (CH): Found in perinatal period, does not proliferate beyond birth; stains GLUT1 negative Rapidly involuting subtype more common in liver than noninvoluting
Infantile hemangioma (IH): Develops in 1st few weeks of life with characteristic proliferating & involuting phases; stains GLUT1 positive
hepatoblastoma-app, labs, ass, RF
-well circumscribed solitary RIGHT sided mass, Ca 50%, +/- ext into PV, HV, IVC
-AFP+
bHCG–> precocious puberty
-ass: hemi-HTr, *Wilms, BWd
-RF: prematurity
mc 1˚liver tumor of childhood <5yo
hepatoblastoma
mesenchymal hamartoma
- Cystic. Large portal v branch feeds tumor. solid comp mildly enh
- AFP-
- ø Ca
pediatric liver tumors > 5yrs
- HCC
- fibrolamellar
- undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma
- young children/teens: hepatic adenoma, hemangioma, FNH, angiosarcoma
2nd mc liver cancer in kids
HCC
undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma-what, app
- pissed off cousin of mesenchymal hamartoma, ie: cystic but much more aggressive
- hypodense +sept & fibrous pseudocapsule
- known to rupture
pediatric liver tumors w/ elevated AFP
- hepatoblastoma
- HCC
what liver tumors would you expect at any age?
-mets (Wilms, NB)
fetal HMG
- congenital syphilis
- transient abN myelopoiesis (TAM)
congenital syphilis- findings, when, earliest and last orgn
- prenatal US >20wks: HMG + enlarged placenta
- liver earliest and last
transient abN myelopoiesis (TAM)-what, who, mx
preleukemic syndrome in DS
- advanced maternal age
- 80% self-resolve; 20% –> myeloid leukemia
hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (osler-weber-rendu) in liver
- mult AVMs
- dilated hepatic a
- cirrhosis
prolonged newborn jaundice (>2wks)
1) neonatal hepatitis
2) biliary atresia
mx biliary atresia
Kasai procedure (bf 3 mo)
biliary atresia-findings, ass, test of choice, mx
- absent extra hepatic biliary ducts –> proliferation intrhepatic
- +/- absent gb (normal GB supports neonatal hep)
- triangle cord sgx
- nuc medicine IDA = test of choice
- ass-polysplenia, trisomy 18
- mx
- bx-exclude alagille
- kasai procedure (bf 3 mo)
alagille syndrome
- congenital genetic multisystem disorder. Infants typically present with symptoms relating to the liver where it is one of the most common causes of hereditary cholestasis.
- hereditary cholestasis (from paucity intrahepatic bd’s)
- peripheral pulmonary stenosis
what is the purpose of liver bx in biliary atresia?
exclude alagille syndrome
triangle cord sign
triangular echogenic structure near portal v in biliary atresia
-possibly CBD remnant?
peds + gs
sickle cell
situs solitus
normal: left gastric bubble, larger part of liver on right, minor fissure on R
situs inversus totalis-what, findings, ass
total mirror image transposition of abdominal and thoracic contents
- gastric bubble on right
- large liver on left
- left minor fissure
- inverted bronchial pattern
- ass: 1˚ciliary dyskinesia
situs ambiguus
“heterotaxy”, ie: L or R isomerism
changes of spleen in sickle cell
-enlarge progressively –> auto infarct & shrink (1st decade) (painless)
what can happen if sickle cell spleen remains enlarged? Hx?
1) acute splenic sequestration crisis-hogs blood; 2nd mcc death SCC
- hx=abd pain, hypotension and SMG
2) abscess
3) infarct
how does spleen infarct look on us?
hypoechoic + bright bands
heterotaxia syndromes
Right vs left sided
Right sided heterotaxia syndrome/Right isomerism
- 2 left pleural fissures
- asplenia
- more cardiac malform
- reversed aorta/ivc
Left sided heterotaxia syndrome/left isomerism-findings, ass
- Absent minor fissures (1 right fissure)
- polysplenia
- fewer cardiac malform
- azygos con’t of IVC
- ass: biliary atresia (10%)
renal agenesis 2 flavors & ass
1) BL absence- Potter sequence
2) UL abscence-reproductive
how will they demonstrated UL renal agenesis on prenatal US?
absent renal artery in view of aorta OR oligohydramnios
UL renal agenesis associations
- 70% F-unicornuate uterus or rudimentary horn
- 20% M-absent epididymis, IL vd + IL seminal vesicle cyst.
potter sequence:
insult (?ace inh)–> renal agenesis –> oligohydramnios –> pulm hypoplasia
lying down adrenal or “pancake adrenal” sgx
elongated adrenal in renal agenesis (vs surgical absence)
MC kidney fusion anomaly
horseshoe kidney (hung up by IMA)
horseshoe kidney complications
1) prox to VB–> injury
2) poor drainage-stones, inf, CA (chr inflamm) (Wilms, TCC, renal carcinoid)
classic horseshoe kidney association
turner’s syndrome
crossed fused renal ectopia-what, which side MC, compl
- one kidney crosses midline & fuses with other. Each maintains orthotropic ureteral orifice.
- ectopic kidney is inf
- L>R
- compl: stones, inf, hydro (50%)
how will exam show crossed fused renal ectopia
-2 axial CT slices-1 at top without kidney, 1 at bladder with 2 opacified ureters
MC congenital anomaly of GU tract in neonates
congenital UPJ obstruction
congenital UPJ obstruction-how often BL, mech, app, rx, role of radiologist, classic history
- 80% intrinsic defect in circular m bundle of renal pelvis
- hx: teenager with flank pain after drinking lots of fluids
- hydro w/o hydroureter, BL 20%
- look for vessels crossing UPJ (changes mx)
- rx- pyeloplasty
Whitaker test
urodynamics study + antegrade pyelogram
ARPKD liver involvement -what’s involved, how is it diff from AD, compl
- abN bd and congenital hepatic fibrosis (vs cysts in AD)
- inverse rel btw liver & kidney inv
- portal HTN –> death (usually MCC death)
ARPKD img
- smoothly enlarged, diffusely echogenic
- loss of corticomedullary differentiation
- cysts=tumular, spare cortex
- +/- in utero øurine in bladder
ARPKD compls
- htn
- renal fx
- portal htn –> death
neonatal renal v thrombosis- path, app/pres
- maternal diabetes, sepsis, dehydration; peripheral –> hilar
- L>R
- acute=renal enlargement
- chronic=atrophy
neonatal renal artery thrombosis-cause, pres
UA catheters
-severe HTN
prune belly (eagle barrett syndrome)-who, what, app
- males shaped like a pear
- triad:
1) ø abd wall m
2) hydroureteronephrosis
3) cryptorchidism
congenital (primary) megaureter
- wastebasket term for enlarged ureter intrinsic to ureter (ie: not 2/2 distal obstr)
- 3 causes:
1) distal adynamic segm
2) reflux at UVJ
3) idiopathic
congenital/1˚ megaureter vs obstruction
obstruction: collecting system dilated
retrocaval (circumcaval) ureter- what, classic six’s, syx’s
- anomaly of IVC. Proximal ureter courses pst to IVC, emerges to right of aorta and ant to R iliac vessels
- reverse J or fishhook ureter
- asyx (MC), obstruction, recurrent UTI
Weigert Meyer Rule
upper pole inserts inf and medially
kidney size duplicated system
large
compl duplicated system in F
incontinence (ureter may insert below sphincter into vagina
ureterocele-path, classic sign, ass
- cystic dilation intravesicular ureter 2/2 obstruction at ureteral orifice
- “cobra head sign”-on IVP or US
- ass: upper pole moiety in dupl system
ectopic ureter-insertion and syx
- F: usually distal to external sphincter in vestibule
- M: usually above external sphincter –> asyx
mcc ureteral obstruction in male infants
pst urethral valve
org of pst urethral valve fold
wolfian duct
pre-natal US classic triad Pst urethral valve
- hydronephrosis
- bladder dilation
- oligiohydramnios
“key hole”
-appearance of bladder on fetal MR in pst urethral valve
pst urethral valve img
- VCUG-abrupt caliber change, dilated pst urethra, normal ant urethra
- fetal MR- hydro + key hold
- prenatal US: hydro, bladder dilation, oligiohydramnios
“peri-renal fluid collection”
2/2 forniceal rupture
- non spec, seen with any obstructive path
- ?classically pst urethral valve
non-obstructive causes of hydro in baby boys
- VUR
- 1˚ megaureter
- prune belly
obstructive causes of hydro in baby boys
- PUV
- UPJ Obstr
- ureteral ectopia
next step: hydro on routine prenatal screen:
repeat US once born
- most go away
- if persistent…
1) VCUG (GS),
2) MAG3 (function & drainage),
3) MR urography (function, structure; sedation required.
mcc palpable renal mass in childhood
VUR
Vascular complication PUV
htn
grading VUR
1) ureter
2) ureter + non dilated CS (calyces still pointy)
3) ureter + mild dil (calyces blunted)
4) ureter + mod dil
5) tortuous
hutch diverticulum-what, dx, rx
- congenital muscular defect at or just above UVJ. Congenital bladder diverticula, seen at the vesicoureteric junction, in the absence of posterior urethral valves or neurogenic bladder. They are thought to result from a weakness in the detrusor muscle anterolateral to the ureteral orifice.
- dx: VCUG>US. Dynamic (voiding)
- rx-VUR
allantois
umbilical attachment to bladder
Complication of urachal remnant
infection (MC)
-adenoCA 90%
spectrum urachal remnant anomalies
patent, vesiculourachal diverticulum, urachal cyst, umbilical urachal sinus
bladder exstrophy-what, img (classic sign), compl
- herniation urinary bladder through hole in ant infra-umbilical abd wall
- “manta ray sign”-unfused pubic bones
- compl: adenoCa
cloacal malformation
GU & GI drain into common opening
-F
cloacal malformations and urachal anomolies: F or M?
urachal: M 2x > F
cloacal: only F
neurogenic bladder ass
spinal dysraphism: tethered cord, sacral agenesis, etc.
pediatric renal masses: neonate, ~4yo, teen
- neonate: nephroblastomatosis, mesoblastic nephroma
- ~4: Wilms, Wilms variant, lymphoma, multilocular cystic nephroma
- teen: lymphoma, rcc
“solid renal tumor of infancy”-you can be born with it
mesoblastic nephroma
nephroblastic rests
leftover embryologic renal tissue
“solid renal tumor of childhood”-never born with it
wilms
renal + brain tumor in infancy
rhabdoid
multilocular cystic nephroma app
- big cysts that don’t communicate
- septal enhancement
what can’t you distinguish multi cystic nephroma from?
cystic wilms-must resect
solid renal tumor of adolescence
rcc
“Michael Jackson tumor”
multi cystic nephroma
What is the MC RCC subtype?-img, classic hx
“translocation Carcinoma RCC”
- dense solid, enh & expansile growth
- hx prior cytotoxic crx
RCC subtype: sickle cell trait
medullary subtype
RCC subtype: VHL
Clear cell subtype, often BL
necrosis in nephroblastomatosis should make you think…
wilms
how often do you US screen nephroblastomatosis?
q3 mo until 7-8 yo
mesoblastic nephroma: underlying path, MC age, where in kidney, img ass
- fetal hamartoma
- 80% first mo
- renal sinus
- antenatal US: +/- polyhydramnios
multi cystic dyspastic kidney
- multiple tiny cysts form in utero. Macro cysts on img.
- no functioning renal tissue
- CL renal tract aN 50% (mc UPJ obstr)
syndromes ass with wilms
- beckwith-wiedemann (overgrowth)
- Sotos (overgrowth)
- WAGR
- Drash
Beckwith-Wiedemann
- macroglossia (MC)
- omphalocele
- hepatoblastoma
- wilms
- hemiHTr
- Cardiac
- big orgns
Sotos syndrome
macrocephaly
Retarded
Ugly face
WAGR
wilms
aniridia
genital
growth retardation
Drash
wilms
pseudohermaphroditism
progresive glomerulonephritis
synchronous bilateral Wilms
BL in 5-10%
wilms age range
- avg 3 yo
- all before 10 yo
- never before 2mo
should you bx wilms?
no-seeding of tract –> upstage
wilm’s variants
clear cell–> bones (lytic)
rhabdoid- brain tumors
multilocular cystic nephroma
- noncommunicating fluid filled located surround by thick fibrous capsule
- by definition, no solid comp or necrosis
- bimodal
- “protrudes into renal sinus”
renal rumor that “protrudes into renal sinus”
multilocular cystic nephroma
2nd mc renal malignancy of childhood
RCC (MC translocation carcinoma)
RCC (MC translocation carcinoma)
- hx: prior cytotoxic crx
- denser than cortex on non-con CT
- solid, enh, expansile growth
RCC vs WIlms
RCC smaller, older color, more likely to Ca
renal lymphoma
never 1˚
BL expansile masses
initial imaging bladder masses
US w/ full bladder
MC pediatric tumor of bladder
rhabdomyosarcoma (cause obstr)
Rhabdomyosarcoma botryoid subtype img app
“bunch of grapes”-multiple round masses grouped together,
rhabdomyosarcoma locations
- H/N (orbit, NP)=MC
- 20% bladder, prostate
how often is RMS met at pres?
20%
RMS bimodal peak
2-4yo, 15-17yo
RMS non-botryoid subtype img app
big nodular ugly horrible nightmare
mc extratesticular mass in young men
RMS
MC extra-cranial solid childhood malignancy
neuroblastoma
neuroblastoma locations
adrenal 35%,
RP 30%,
pst mediastinum 20%,
neck 5%
NB age range
<2yo (can be born with it)
-95% <10 yo
what upstages NB?
stage 3:
- crossing midline
- CL positive nodes
NB better prognostic factors
- <1yo
- thoracic primary
- stage 4S
stage 4S high yield:-who, met locs, prog?
<1 yo
- mets confined to skin, liver, BMARROW (not cortical bone!) (lytic)
- excellent prognosis
NB ass
NF1, HSD, DiGeorge BW
*most are sporadic
opsomyoclonus
- dancing eyes & feet
- PNS ass w/ NB
best nuc medicine scan for NB?
-MIBG
NB labs
urine catecholamines+ (95%)
NB vs Wilms
- NB <2yo, poorly marginated, Ca 90%, encases vess, bone met
- Wilms: ~4 yo, well marginated, Ca <10%, invade vess, no bone met (prefer lungs)
neonatal adrenal hemorrhage cause and ass
- birth trauma, stress
- ass: scrotal hemorrhage
adrenal hemorrhage vs NB. First step.
- hem: anechoic, T2(-), avascular
- NB: hyper echoic, T2(+), hypervascular
- first step: f/u US
mcc adrenal insufficiency in kids?
congenital adrenal hyperplasia 2/2 21 alpha hydroxyls deficiency
CAH img
cerebriform adrenals
hydrometrocolpos-what, causes, pres, app, ass
- obstructed vagina does not drain uterus
- causes-imperforate hymen (MC), vaginal stenosis, lower vaginal atresia, cervical stenosis
- pres: infancy-mass or teenage-delayed menarche
- expanded, fluid/blood-filled vaginal cavity w/ distention of uterus
- ass: uterus didelphys (75% have transverse vaginal septum)
ovarian torsion peds vs adult
- adult-mass
- peds: normal excessive mobility. “fluid-debris levels within displaced follicles”
suspect ovarian torsion if…
-ovary 3x size CL
+ fluid-debris levels in displaced follicles
ovarian pediatric masses
- 2/3 dermoid/teratomas-MC
- 1/3 cancer (75% germ cell tumor)
mcc idiopathic scrotal edema
HSP
pathology hydrocele
patent processus vaginalis
pediatric acute scrotal pain: 3 considerations
1) testicular appendage torsion
2) testicular torsion
3) epididymo-orchitis (isolated orchitis is rare)
age range epididymitis
<2 yo, > 6yo
causes of orchitis
- nearly always progress from epididymitis
- isolated=mumps
testicular appendage
vestigial remnant of mesonephric duct
blue dot sign
physical exam sign in testicular appendage torsion. (testicle looks like blue dot)
best indicator testicular appendage torsion?
> 5mm
bell clapper deformity
failure of tunica vaginalis and testis to connect
histologic breakdown of testicular cancer (adult & peds)
germ cell 90% -seminoma 40% -non-seminoma 60%- Teratoma, YS, Mixed GC (chorioCA) Non GC (10%) Leydig Sertoli
Germ cell tumors seen in 1st decade of life
YS (heterogeneous appearance) & teratoma
teratomas M vs F
aggressive in men
sertoli cell tumors ass
subtype associated with peutz-jeghers syndrome
testicular calcifications and CA
small=seminoma
big=GCT
mc tumor of fetus or infant
sacrococcygeal teratoma
sacrococcygeal teratoma compl
- benign (80%); older infant pres=higher malignant pot
- large size –> ME on GI system, hip dislocation, n compression–> incontinent
sacrococcygeal location
- external to pelvis (47%)
- internal to pelvis (9%)
- mixed (dumbbell)-34%
what’s associated with high sacrococcygeal recurrence rate
incomplete resection of coccyx
sacrococcygeal classification. Which is ass w/ highest malignancy rate?
type 1- totally extra pelvic
type 2-barely pelvic but not abd
type 3- some abd
type 4-totally abd. Highest mal.
testicular tumors/masses to consider
- Germ cell tumors-teratoma, YS. Others (embryonal, chorio, seminomatous, mixed) more rare in peds
- Epidermoid
- Choriocarcinoma
- Lymphoma/leukemia
- adrenal rests
- abscess
- infarct
pediatric abdominal calcification
- meconium peritonitis
- neo-NB, teratoma, HB
- adrenal hemorrhage
- RUQ: gs, HB, hepatic torch (CMV, toxo)
hepatic infantile hemangioma/hemangioendothelioma vs other hemangiomas
It’s a highflow vascular neoplasm. “hemangioma” otherwise is venous malformation
hepatic infantile hemangioma vs hemangioendothelioma
- both: benign high flow vasc neo’s. CHF
- diffs: HE can metastasize
hepatic infantile hemangioma- ass, mx
- Kasabach-Merrit syndrome & GLUT-1
- b-blockers, sx if CHF
pro ass with infantile hemangioms
GLUT-1
img hepatic infantile hemangioma
focal, MF, diffuse.
- vascular
- T2+
- enh peripherally w/ delayed fill in
- Ca, central necrosis, hemorrhage
clear cell sarcoma
“bone loving tumor”
-uncommon renal cancer with propensity to metastasize to bone
pediatric renal met
NB, L/L
congenital lobar overinflation/hyperinflation/emphysema-moa
one way valve
renal tubular ectasia-aka
ARPKD. Newborn BL kidney enlargement, echogenicity, reversal/loss of normal CM diff (ie: medulla hyperecho) via dilated ectatic tubules
newborn kidney appearance on ultrasound
The US appearance of the kidneys in neonates and infants up to 6 months of age is distinctive and differs significantly from that in older children and adults. The renal cortex in neonates has echogenicity equal to or greater than that of the liver and spleen, whereas in older children and adults, the cortex is hypoechoic relative to those organs. The echogenicity of neonatal renal cortex is due to the relative concentration, as well as the increased cellular volume, of glomeruli. The medullary pyramids appear prominent and hypoechoic because of a relatively lower cortical volume (,Fig 1). By the time a child is 6 months old, the echogenicity of the renal parenchyma assumes an adult pattern. In addition, the intense echogenicity due to fat in the renal sinuses of older patients is relatively scant or absent in the newborn infant (,4).
acute scrotum-order of frequency
EO
appendage torsion
testicular torsion-most serious/needs tromp dx
aniridia
absent iris
pleuroblastoma cystic vs solid types
- solid –> brain, bones
- cystic < 1yo, benign
pulmonary agenesis vs aplasia vs hypoplasia
Agenesis: Absent lung, pulmonary artery, & bronchus
Aplasia: Absent lung & pulmonary artery with rudimentary blind-ending bronchus
Hypoplasia: Hypoplastic lung, pulmonary artery, & bronchus