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“Seeing is believing”: myth or maxim? Mimics of pathology on paediatric chest imaging studies

Sara Warraich, Andrew Bush, Thomas Semple
Breathe 2023 19: 230049; DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0049-2023
Sara Warraich
1Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
2Respiratory Paediatrics, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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Andrew Bush
2Respiratory Paediatrics, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
3Centre for Paediatric and Child Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
4National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Thomas Semple
3Centre for Paediatric and Child Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
4National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
5Radiology Department, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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    a) Chest radiograph; b) chest radiograph with dummy overlay.

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    a) Chest radiograph; b) chest radiograph with hand outlined.

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    Chest radiograph.

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    a) Chest radiograph; b) chest radiograph with plait superimposed.

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    a) Initial computed tomography (CT), annotated; b) repeat CT.

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    a) Chest radiograph; b) repeat chest radiograph; c) further repeat chest radiograph.

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    a) Initial chest radiograph of patient A; b) focused in review of figure 7a (patient A); c) patient B for comparison.

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    Initial computed tomography.

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    Computed tomography 6 years after initial presentation.

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    a) Chest radiograph pre-discharge; b) follow up in clinic 6 weeks later.

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    Ultrasound imaging of the normal appearing thymus with no cysts or vascular compression to suggest thymic pathology. The asterisk indicates the superior vena cava, the arrow the left brachiocephalic vein.

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“Seeing is believing”: myth or maxim? Mimics of pathology on paediatric chest imaging studies
Sara Warraich, Andrew Bush, Thomas Semple
Breathe Sep 2023, 19 (3) 230049; DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0049-2023

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Sara Warraich, Andrew Bush, Thomas Semple
Breathe Sep 2023, 19 (3) 230049; DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0049-2023
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