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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dushka Riaz, MD
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:
- Silicosis: [3] [4] [5]
- Small rounded opacities
- Hyalinized nodules in the upper lobes
- Emphysema
- Ground glass opacities
- Interlobular thickening
- Asbestosis: [6] [7] [8]
- Pleural effusions
- Pleural thickening
- Fibrosis
- Honeycombing
- Pleural plaques
- Berylliosis: [9] [10]
- HRCT can be normal in positive cases in 25% of patients.
- Parenchymal nodules
- Ground glass opacities
- Bronchial wall thickened
- Adenopathy
- Septal lines thickened
- Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis: [10]
- Honeycombing
- Reticular opacities
- Hard Metal Pneumoconiosis: [11]
- Ground glass opacities
- Reticular opacities
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.
- ↑ Cox CW, Rose CS, Lynch DA (2014). "State of the art: Imaging of occupational lung disease". Radiology. 270 (3): 681–96. doi:10.1148/radiol.13121415. PMID 24568704.
- ↑ Marchiori E, Ferreira A, Müller NL (2001). "Silicoproteinosis: high-resolution CT and histologic findings". J Thorac Imaging. 16 (2): 127–9. doi:10.1097/00005382-200104000-00012. PMID 11292205.
- ↑ Hansell DM, Bankier AA, MacMahon H, McLoud TC, Müller NL, Remy J (2008). "Fleischner Society: glossary of terms for thoracic imaging". Radiology. 246 (3): 697–722. doi:10.1148/radiol.2462070712. PMID 18195376.
- ↑ Staples CA, Gamsu G, Ray CS, Webb WR (1989). "High resolution computed tomography and lung function in asbestos-exposed workers with normal chest radiographs". Am Rev Respir Dis. 139 (6): 1502–8. doi:10.1164/ajrccm/139.6.1502. PMID 2729755.
- ↑ Müller NL, Miller RR (1990). "Computed tomography of chronic diffuse infiltrative lung disease. Part 1". Am Rev Respir Dis. 142 (5): 1206–15. doi:10.1164/ajrccm/142.5.1206. PMID 2240845.
- ↑ Aberle DR, Gamsu G, Ray CS, Feuerstein IM (1988). "Asbestos-related pleural and parenchymal fibrosis: detection with high-resolution CT". Radiology. 166 (3): 729–34. doi:10.1148/radiology.166.3.3340770. PMID 3340770.
- ↑ Sharma N, Patel J, Mohammed TL (2010). "Chronic beryllium disease: computed tomographic findings". J Comput Assist Tomogr. 34 (6): 945–8. doi:10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181ef214e. PMID 21084914.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Naccache JM, Marchand-Adam S, Kambouchner M, Guillon F, Monnet I, Girard F; et al. (2003). "Ground-glass computed tomography pattern in chronic beryllium disease: pathologic substratum and evolution". J Comput Assist Tomogr. 27 (4): 496–500. doi:10.1097/00004728-200307000-00007. PMID 12886131.
- ↑ Tanaka J, Moriyama H, Terada M, Takada T, Suzuki E, Narita I; et al. (2014). "An observational study of giant cell interstitial pneumonia and lung fibrosis in hard metal lung disease". BMJ Open. 4 (3): e004407. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004407. PMC 3975739. PMID 24674995.