Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2017

The role of Computed Tomography in diagnosing and staging of the pediatric abdominal neoplasm

Dr. N. S. Vidya, Dr. O. Sridhar Babu

Abstract :

 Background :Abdomen is the most common site of solid neoplasm in the pediatric age group. Majority of the patients are under 5 years of age. Neuroblastoma is the most common tumour, followed by Wilms’ tumour. The local staging of the tumour is confirmed with the surgical staging in the case those are operated.  So the aim of the study  to find out the role of Computed Tomography in diagnosing and staging of the pediatric abdominal neoplasm. Methods and Material  :100 consecutive abdominal CT scan done in the tertiary care hospital for children (age 0– 18 years) with abdominal tumours in last one and half years. were included in the study . Results :   The accuracy of the CT scan in diagnosing the pediatric abdominal neoplasm in our study is 82 %. CT scan is not able to diagnoses the tumour in the 18 % of cases due to atypical imaging features of the common tumour or due to rare tumours. Conclusion : Computed tomography is most commonly used in the imaging of the abdominal mass in the pediatric patient as it is easily available and can be in done in very short time. Computed tomography can be used to diagnoses and stage the individual tumour based on the clinical data and imaging features. 

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Dr.N.S.Vidya, Dr.O.Sridhar Babu, The role of Computed Tomography in diagnosing and staging of the pediatric abdominal neoplasm, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2017

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