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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Chest X-ray== | ==Chest X-ray== | ||
[[Image:Churg strauss cxr.jpg|left|thumb|CXR in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome showing opacification, hilar adenopathy]] | [[Image:Churg strauss cxr.jpg|left|thumb|CXR in a patient with Churg-Strauss syndrome showing opacification, hilar adenopathy]]<br> | ||
* Interlobular septal thickening with or without associated peripheral [[Ground glass opacification on CT|ground glass opacities]] or consolodation | * Interlobular septal thickening with or without associated peripheral [[Ground glass opacification on CT|ground glass opacities]] or consolodation | ||
* Transient opacities | * Transient opacities | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Chest X-ray
- Interlobular septal thickening with or without associated peripheral ground glass opacities or consolodation
- Transient opacities
- Symmetrical opacities in axillary and peripheral distribution
- Hilar adenopathy
- Diffuse interstitial or miliary opacities
- Pulmonary hemorrhage
- Nodular disease (without cavitation)
- Pleural effusions (30%) – exudative and eosinophilic
References
- ↑ Fraser RS, Müller NL, Colman N, Paré PD. Diagnosis of diseases of the chest. Fourth edition. WB Saunders Company. Philadelphia, 1999.
- ↑ Worthy AS, Müller NL, Hansel DM, Flower CDR. Churg-Strauss Syndrome: The spectrum of pulmonary CT findings in 17 patients. AJR 1998;170:297-300.
- ↑ Johkoh T, Müller NL, Akira M, Ichikado K et al. Eosinophilic lung diseases: Diagnostic accuracy of thin-section CT in 111 patients. Radiology 2000;216:773-780.