Significance of various pulmonary and extrapulmonary abnormalities on HRCT of the chest in scleroderma lung

Autor:	Anoop Kumar Pandey, Pearce Wilcox, Julie O′ Brien, Jennifer Ellis, Jacquie Brown, Jonathon Leipsic
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	ground-glass opacity hrct chest lung fi brosis pulmonary hypertension systemic sclerosis Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine R895-920
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, Vol 23, Iss 04, Pp 304-307 (2013)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0971-3026 1998-3808
DOI:	10.4103/0971-3026.125570
Popis:	Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are routinely investigated with high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) chest for early detection and accurate characterization of complicating interstitial lung diseases. Though the primary aim of HRCT is to delineate the burden of pulmonary involvement and to characterize the nature of fibrosis to potentially help guide management, it provides an opportunity to evaluate extrapulmonary manifestations, particularly the dilated pulmonary artery, esophageal dilatation, and pericardial abnormalities which have their own clinical significance. The aim of this article is to discuss the significance of various pulmonary and extrapulmonary abnormalities that may be identified on HRCT chest of SSc patients.
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