| Autor: |
van Belle AF; Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands. aclae@slon.azm.nl, Lamers RJ, ten Velde GP, Wouters EF |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Respiratory medicine [Respir Med] 2001 Apr; Vol. 95 (4), pp. 292-6. |
| DOI: |
10.1053/rmed.2001.1037 |
| Abstrakt: |
In the present study, the diagnostic yield of high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is evaluated in patients with thoracoscopically-verified idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax (SP). Visual assessment as well as densitometry of lung parenchyma was performed. In eight of the 20 prospectively-evaluated SP patients, emphysema-like (EL) changes such as blebs and bullae could be detected. The SP patients with EL changes were significantly older and were more heavy smokers. Spirometrically-controlled CT lung densitometry showed no differences between the patient group with or without these EL changes. Comparing the densitometric measurements of the patient group with a healthy control group no significant differences in densitometry between both groups were found. In conclusion, this study confirms that HRCT is a reliable method of detecting blebs and bullae in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax. Furthermore CT lung densitometry revealed no parenchymal abnormalities or signs of air trapping in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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