Plain film and CT observations in prostaglandin-induced bone changes.
Pediatr Radiol
; 22(4): 264-6, 1992.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1523047
ABSTRACT
Prostaglandin E1 intravenous infusion is used in infants with ductal-dependent congenital heart disease to maintain ductal patency and prolong life until palliative or corrective surgery is feasible. Complications of prostaglandin administration include fever, diarrhoea, hypotension, apnoea, bradycardia, pseudowidening of the cranial sutures, underossification of the calvarial bones, periostitis, and skin edema [1-3]. This paper presents dramatic plain radiographic features of prostaglandin-induced bone disease, including periosteal proliferation and the unusual bone-within-bone appearance, and provides the previously unpublished CT correlation.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Periostitis
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Bone and Bones
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Alprostadil
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Hyperostosis
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Heart Defects, Congenital
Limits:
Humans
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Male
/
Newborn
Language:
En
Journal:
Pediatr Radiol
Year:
1992
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canada