Serial lung magnetic resonance imaging to monitor disease progression in a child with a diffuse alveolar hemorrhage syndrome

Mohammed Kaleel; Craig Schramm; Melanie Pascal; Michael O'Louglin; Melanie Sue Collins

doi:10.14740/jocmr1962w

Serial lung magnetic resonance imaging to monitor disease progression in a child with a diffuse alveolar hemorrhage syndrome

J Clin Med Res. 2015 Apr;7(4):267-9. doi: 10.14740/jocmr1962w. Epub 2015 Feb 9.

Authors

Mohammed Kaleel¹, Craig Schramm², Melanie Pascal³, Michael O'Louglin¹, Melanie Sue Collins²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA.
² Department of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA ; Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
³ Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Abstract

Serial lung magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed in a child with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH). To minimize radiation exposure with conventional serial chest computerized tomography (CT), serial MRIs of the lungs were used. This effectively monitored her disease process as well as detected acute hemorrhage after 5 years remission.

Keywords: CT scan; Children; Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; Interstitial lung disease; MRI; Monitoring.

Publication types

Case Reports