chest wall abnormalities (anomalías de la pared torácica)

Contexto del término The authors evaluated 200 consecutive chest CT examinations of infants and children at Duke University Medical Center (mean age 10.5 years, range 3 months-19 years). The most common indications for CT were evaluations for pulmonary metastases, suspicion of mediastinal mass, follow-up of lymphoma, evaluation for pulmonary infections in an immunocompromised host and complications of pneumonia, or mediastinal hematoma. Children who had undergone chest wall surgery or were suspected of having a chest wall abnormality were excluded.