Abstract
When patients with pediatric cancer are found to have a fever without a source, CT of the paranasal sinuses, chest, abdomen, and pelvis has often been used as a screening tool. I question the role of sinus CT in this protocol. It is commonly understood among radiologists that most children have
Highlights
When patients with pediatric cancer are found to have a fever without a source, CT of the paranasal sinuses, chest, abdomen, and pelvis has often been used as a screening tool
I looked at 19 children presenting to a desert-climate facility in southern Arizona for trauma without a history of sinusitis, and the average modified Lund-MacKay score was 6.88
A same-site sample of patients with pediatric neutropenic fever assessed during the same period yielded a mean modified Lund-MacKay (mLM) of 4.67
Summary
Paranasal Sinus CT Is of Variable Value in Patients with Pediatric Cancer with Neutropenic Fever When patients with pediatric cancer are found to have a fever without a source, CT of the paranasal sinuses, chest, abdomen, and pelvis has often been used as a screening tool.
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