The relationship between mediastinal lymph node attenuation with parenchymal lung parameters in silicosis.
| Autor: | Ooi CG; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. cgcooi@hkucc.hku.hk, Khong PL, Cheng RS, Tan B, Tsang F, Lee I, Lam VS, Leung KK, Tsang KW |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease [Int J Tuberc Lung Dis] 2003 Dec; Vol. 7 (12), pp. 1199-206. |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: Attenuation changes on computed tomography (CT) in mediastinal lymph nodes (LN) may be related to lung alterations and functional impairment in silicosis. Design: CT and clinical data of 41 (64.2 +/- 8.3 years) males with silicosis were retrieved. Attenuation type (calcified, hyperdense, normodense) and calcification pattern (central, eccentric, dense, eggshell, speckled) of mediastinal LN were evaluated; LN attenuation of uncalcified LNs quantified on CT in six LN stations. Nodular profusion (CT-NP) and progressive massive fibrosis (CT-PMF) were graded. Relationships between LN, CT, lung function and clinical parameters were determined. Results: LN sites were paratracheal (n = 39), subcarinal (n = 39), tracheobronchial (n = 37), aortopulmonary (n = 37), hilar (n = 27), and peri-oesophageal (n = 21). LNs were calcified, hyperdense and normodense in 107, 85 and 54 LN stations, respectively. Uniformly calcified LN was most common, followed by speckled calcification. Central, eccentric and eggshell calcification was rare. CT-NP scores > or = 16 were associated with higher LN attenuation and number of calcified LN stations than CT-NP scores < 16. PMF had no influence over LN morphology or calcification pattern. LN attenuation correlated with CT-PMF (r = 0.36, P = 0.01), CT-NP (r = 0.54, P < 0.001) and DLCO/VA (r = -0.33, P = 0.02). Conclusion: Uniformly calcified and hyperdense LNs are common in silicosis, and eggshell LN calcification is rare. There are associations between LN attenuation and lung function impairment, and CT grades of nodular profusion and PMF. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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