Published August 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Diagnosis of peanut inhalation by MRI

  • 1. Kameda General Hospital, Kamogawa City, Chiba (Japan). Dept. of Pediatrics
  • 2. Kameda General Hospital, Kamogawa City, Chiba (Japan). Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology

Description

We describe a 16-month-old boy presenting with stridor and fever. The chest X-ray suggested inhalation of a foreign body but here was no history of this. A high spot a T1-weighted chest MRI was due to a peanut which was seen to have moved from the right main bronchus to the left inferior bronchus, between the two MRI studies. MRI can provide information on position and size of the peanut, the conditons of the surrounding tissues and may be also useful in treatment. We consider MRI to be a valuable new method for the diagnosis of peanut inhalation. (orig./GDG)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Pediatric Radiology
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 300-301.
ISSN
0301-0449
CODEN
PDRYA5