Magnetic resonance imaging findings in pediatric neck infections-a comparison with adult patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Differences in the functioning of the immune system and the anatomical proportions of the neck between children and adults lead to different manifestations of deep neck infections. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may serve as an alternative to computed tomography (CT) as the primary imaging modality.

Objective

To study characteristic MRI findings and the diagnostic accuracy of MRI in pediatric deep neck infections.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively studied a cohort of pediatric patients who underwent a neck 3-tesla MRI study over a five-year period. Inclusion criteria were: 1) emergency MRI findings indicating an infection, 2) infection as the final clinical diagnosis, 3) diagnostic image quality verified by the radiologist reading the study and 4)

SUBMITTER: Nurminen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9107440 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature