Radiographic and HRCT imaging findings of chronic pulmonary schistosomiasis: review of 10 consecutive cases
| Autor: | Niccolò Faccioli, Carmelo Cicciò, Dora Buonfrate, Giovanni Carbognin, Andrea Angheben, Giovanni Foti, Federico Gobbi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
chronic pulmonary schistosomiasis (CPS) business.industry Radiography 030231 tropical medicine MEDLINE High resolution Retrospective cohort study General Medicine respiratory system Case Review respiratory tract diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Radiology Pulmonary schistosomiasis business |
| Zdroj: | BJR | case reports |
| Popis: | Objective: To describe the chest radiography (CR) and the high resolution CT (HRCT) imaging findings of chronic pulmonary schistosomiasis (CPS) Methods and materials: This retrospective study included 10 patients suffering from CPS, studied between September 2013 and October 2016 by using CR and HRCT. Images were reviewed by two experienced radiologists in consensus, blinded to clinical data. A p value < 0.05 was considered significant Results: All the patients enrolled showed some abnormalities at HRCT, including lung consolidations, solid nodules, nodules with peri-nodular halo, ground-glass opacities, enlarged hilar lymph-nodes. Only seven patients showed findings at CR ( p = 0.001). At CT, none of the patients had significant pleural, vascular (pulmonary arteries) or cardiac findings. Post-therapy studies (mean interval 35 days) demonstrated the absence of residual disease in all patients. Conclusion: The imaging findings of CPS varied widely in our study population. HRCT may show signs which are occult on plain radiograph. All lesions disappeared after appropriate therapy at imaging follow-up studie. |
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