Failure to thrive CT scan
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akash Daswaney, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
CTs are useful in diagnosing organic causes of failure to thrive.
CT scan
- CTs are useful in diagnosing organic causes of failure to thrive.
- Listing down each organic cause is beyond the scope of this microchapter.
- Some examples are
- Unilateral renal ectopia
- CT pelvis of a boy who presented failure to thrive, fatigue, intermittent fevers, weight loss, night sweats, and vague discomfort in his abdomen and extremities.
- CT shows the right kidney ectopically positioned in the right lower quadrant.
- Scimitar syndrome
- CT with IV contrast shows a hypoplastic right lung with arterial blood supply coming off of the descending aorta, as well as venous drainage directly into inferior vena cava.
