Johansen Andrew,  Lee Jacob,  Robinson Amie,  Chan Sherwin

Final Pr. ID: Poster #: SCI-045

Foreign body (FB) ingestion can be a life threatening event for pediatric patients. The imaging for suspected FB is an esophagram. This procedure requires radiologist involvement, patient cooperation and has a higher dose of radiation than chest digital tomosynthesis (DTS). We want to describe usage of DTS in the pediatric population to aid in detection of radiolucent esophageal FB. Read More

Authors:  Johansen Andrew , Lee Jacob , Robinson Amie , Chan Sherwin

Keywords:  Digital Chest Tomosynthesis, Esophageal Foreign Body, Esophagram

Ali Sumera,  Dennison Chelsea B,  Huang Hui,  Jergel Andrew,  Alazraki Adina L,  Parikh Ashishkumar Kanaiyalal

Final Pr. ID: Poster #: SCI-036

Esophageal foreign bodies (FBs) are common in children and can lead to serious complications if undetected. Fluoroscopic esophagram has been standard for radiolucent FBs but involves giving oral contrast and possible poor patient tolerance. Low-dose chest CT offers further advantages of a faster workflow and possibility of remote interpretation.

We hypothesized that low-dose CT is sensitive and specific for radiolucent esophageal FBs in children. We correlated these results with the gold standard, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) when available and clinical resolution when no EGD was performed. Read More

Authors:  Ali Sumera , Dennison Chelsea B , Huang Hui , Jergel Andrew , Alazraki Adina L , Parikh Ashishkumar Kanaiyalal

Keywords:  Esophageal Foreign Body, Low-Dose, CT