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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
HRCT scan have a high | HRCT scan have a high specificity in the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. It is particularly helpful to detect pleural findings. <ref name="pmid14576443">{{cite journal| author=Copley SJ, Wells AU, Sivakumaran P, Rubens MB, Lee YC, Desai SR | display-authors=etal| title=Asbestosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: comparison of thin-section CT features. | journal=Radiology | year= 2003 | volume= 229 | issue= 3 | pages= 731-6 | pmid=14576443 | doi=10.1148/radiol.2293020668 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14576443 }} </ref><ref name="pmid1987601">{{cite journal| author=Akira M, Yokoyama K, Yamamoto S, Higashihara T, Morinaga K, Kita N | display-authors=etal| title=Early asbestosis: evaluation with high-resolution CT. | journal=Radiology | year= 1991 | volume= 178 | issue= 2 | pages= 409-16 | pmid=1987601 | doi=10.1148/radiology.178.2.1987601 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1987601 }} </ref> | ||
==CT scan== | ==CT scan== |
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Overview
HRCT scan have a high specificity in the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. It is particularly helpful to detect pleural findings. [1][2]
CT scan
HRCT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. Findings on CT scan suggestive of/diagnostic of pneumoconiosis include:
- [Finding 1]
References
- ↑ Copley SJ, Wells AU, Sivakumaran P, Rubens MB, Lee YC, Desai SR; et al. (2003). "Asbestosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: comparison of thin-section CT features". Radiology. 229 (3): 731–6. doi:10.1148/radiol.2293020668. PMID 14576443.
- ↑ Akira M, Yokoyama K, Yamamoto S, Higashihara T, Morinaga K, Kita N; et al. (1991). "Early asbestosis: evaluation with high-resolution CT". Radiology. 178 (2): 409–16. doi:10.1148/radiology.178.2.1987601. PMID 1987601.