Diagnostic Imaging of Pediatric Head and Neck Based in Normal Anatomy and Development

Abstract

A child is not a small adult. The characteristic feature of pediatric diagnostic imaging has growth and development. And pediatric head and neck pathologies depend on the age. The pathologic processes of the pediatric head and neck can be classified as congenital, inflammatory, benign and malignant tumors, and traumatic lesions. Diagnostic imaging of head and neck lesions includes plain radiography, ultrasound, CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine. CT and MRI are useful in the evaluation of anatomies. Recently, CT and MRI is increased for pediatric patients. On the other hand, it is important to familiar with the radiographic change of normal growth and development, in order to diagnosis head and neck lesions. Diagnostic imaging is considered to be played efficiency and to be in offering the information which is useful to medical examination.
In this presentation, we review the imaging of normal development and the imaging features of pediatric head and neck pathologies.