CT imaging findings of invasive pulmonary fungal infections in hemato-oncologic children
Leonor Alamo, Francesco Ceppi, Estelle Tenisch, Catherine Beigelman-Aubry · 2024
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Description
Leonor Alamo, Francesco Ceppi, Estelle Tenisch, and Catherine Beigelman-Aubry present, published in 2024, a pictorial guide to chest scans of children with blood cancers who catch deep lung fungal infections. These children are immune-suppressed by their disease and its treatment, and a lung infection can turn deadly fast. The essay shows the main scan patterns for the three chief culprits: Candida, Aspergillus, and Mucor. Each case shown is a proven infection, not a guess.
Alongside the pictures, the authors give clues for narrowing the list of other possible causes. They review past studies in children and set child scans beside adult ones to mark where the patterns differ. The aim is speed: a radiologist who knows the shapes can flag the infection early. Early flagging starts the right drugs sooner, which is where lives are saved in this fragile group.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Leonor Alamo, Francesco Ceppi, Estelle Tenisch, Catherine Beigelman-Aubry |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |