Ogawa Masato, Matsuki Yuichi, Hoshina Takayuki, Kojiro Masumi, Kusuhara Koichi
From the Department of Pediatrics, Kitakyushu General Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023 Feb 1;42(2):e50-e51. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003761. Epub 2022 Oct 27.
We measured the Hounsfield units (HUs) value of cervical plain computed tomography images to differentiate between Kawasaki disease (KD) and a deep-neck abscess (DNA). The HUs value was significantly lower in KD than in DNA, making it a useful marker for differentiating between these 2 diseases.
我们测量了颈部平扫计算机断层扫描图像的亨氏单位(HUs)值,以区分川崎病(KD)和颈部深部脓肿(DNA)。KD的HUs值显著低于DNA,这使其成为区分这两种疾病的有用标志物。