Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis: radiographic appearance.

abstract：:Evidence-based imaging is a paradigm for using the best evidence to guide medical decision making. Evidence-based imaging centers on formulating a clinical question focused on a specific patient scenario, conducting a literature search and critical review, summarizing the evidence, and using the information to guide m...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Blackmore CC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Philips Computed Radiography system performs well with pediatric portable chest radiographs, handling the throughout of a busy intensive care service 24 hours a day. Images are excellent and routinely provide a conventional (unenhanced) image and an edge-enhanced image. Radiation dose is decreased by the lowered f...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Tarver RD,Cohen M,Broderick NJ,Conces DJ Jr

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the current radiographic follow-up recommendations of thoracic radiologists after detection of a new opacity, suspected to be "pneumonia," on chest radiography. MATERIALS AND METHODS:An anonymized, Institutional Review Board-approved, Internet-based survey was sent to the 735 members of the Society ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Humphrey KL,Gilman MD,Little BP,Halpern EF,Abbott GF,Shepard JA,Wu CC

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cardiac involvement is an important prognostic factor in sarcoidosis, and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) can facilitate the identification of cardiac sarcoidosis (CS). In patients with CS, we investigated LGE characteristics and their relationship with lef...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Watanabe E,Kimura F,Nakajima T,Hiroe M,Kasai Y,Nagata M,Kawana M,Hagiwara N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer screening computed tomographies (CTs) differ from traditional chest CT scans in that they are performed at very low radiation doses, which allow the detection of small nodules but which have a much higher noise content than would be acceptable in a diagnostic chest CT. The technical parameters require a gr...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Donnelly EF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleural infection by Cryptococcus neoformans is uncommon and when present typically occurs in the immunocompromised host. We report two renal transplant patients who developed pleural cryptococcosis. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Conces DJ Jr,Vix VA,Tarver RD

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cardiac fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake is known to be variable in fasting oncologic positron emission tomography computed tomography studies. Increased posterolateral and basal FDG activity have been reported with the basal pattern ascribed to radiation injury. The purpose of this study was to inve...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Maurer AH,Burshteyn M,Adler LP,Gaughan JP,Steiner RM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial advances in detector technology characterize digital chest radiography. This article compares the various systems from a radiologist's point of view. Computed radiography (CR) is a well-established system that is robust, has good reproducibility, and is relatively inexpensive. Image quality has been contin...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Schaefer-Prokop C,Uffmann M,Eisenhuber E,Prokop M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-one adult patients with a cluster of small, noncalcified, pulmonary nodules identified on chest computed tomography (CT) examinations were studied retrospectively. Pathology revealed an infectious/inflammatory etiology in all cases in which a surgical resection of the involved lung was performed. None of the pa...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Carucci LR,Maki DD,Miller WT

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections of the cardiovascular system may present with nonspecific symptoms, and it is common for patients to undergo multiple investigations to arrive at the diagnosis. Echocardiography is central to the diagnosis of endocarditis and pericarditis. However, cardiac computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance ima...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kirkbride RR,Rawal B,Mirsadraee S,Galperin-Aizenberg M,Wechalekar K,Ridge CA,Litmanovich DE

更新日期：2020-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ultrashort echotime (UTE) sequences aim to improve the signal yield in pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We demonstrate the initial results of spiral 3-dimensional (3D) UTE-MRI for combined morphologic and functional imaging in pediatric patients. METHODS:Seven pediatric patients with pulmonary abnor...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Veldhoen S,Heidenreich JF,Metz C,Petritsch B,Benkert T,Hebestreit HU,Bley TA,Köstler H,Weng AM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melioidosis is predominantly a tropical disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, a soil-dwelling gram-negative, aerobic bacillus that is distributed primarily in southeast Asia and northern Australia. In this pictorial essay, we provide an illustrated review and conceptual framework of the protean imaging features...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ko SF,Kung CT,Lee YW,Ng SH,Huang CC,Lee CH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interventional bronchoscopy, together with other domains of interventional pulmonology, has experienced tremendous technological advances. Diagnostic applications include endobronchial ultrasound, which enables endoscopists to see through airway walls. White light videobronchoscopy, autofluorescence imaging, and narro...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ernst A,Anantham D

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of primary chordoid meningioma of the lung in a 21-year-old patient with Diamond-Blackfan anemia. The neoplasm was incidentally discovered as a new right upper lobe mass on admission chest radiograph. Computed tomography examination showed a round mass with peripheral nodular enhancement. Pathologic ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Petscavage JM,Richardson ML,Nett M,Hoch B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We have established an integrated thoracic radiology reading room within a multidisciplinary lung center clinic (LC). While our subjective experience has been positive, we sought to quantify how this model affects radiology workflow and whether the referring practitioners perceive value in having real-time acce...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Mortani Barbosa EJ Jr,Novak S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the most common thoracic malignancy caused by exposures at work and in the environment. The most unique thoracic malignancy is mesothelioma, because it is relatively rare and one of only a few neoplasms for which one specific inciting agent-asbestos-has been identified. Based on epidemiologic studies, a...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Gottschall EB

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic cardiac liposarcoma is rare. A right ventricular liposarcoma metastasis is described in a 46-year-old man, who was admitted with significant shortness of breath and fatigue, and in whom a large lobulated low attenuation mass occupying most of the right ventricular cavity, with extension through the right ve...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Chughtai A,Cronin P,Lucas DR,Prager R,Kazerooni EA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracic duct injury and chylothorax are rare consequences of blunt thoracic trauma. A contained mediastinal lymph collection (ie, lymphocele) is rarer still. The article describes a case of posttraumatic mediastinal widening resulting from a high-speed motor vehicle accident. During the patient's radiologic assessmen...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Hom M,Jolles H

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiographic abnormalities of primary Kaposi's sarcoma of the lung in a patient with a renal transplant are reported. The findings are similar to other malignancies and infections that are well recognized in the renal transplant population. In the appropriate clinical setting, the radiologist should consider the d...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Amin RS,Munden RF,Oldham SA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Progressive impairment of hemodynamics in patients with Fontan circulation is common, multifactorial, and associated with decreased quality of life and increased morbidity. We sought to assess hemodynamic differences between patients with preserved (preserved Fontans) and those with impaired circulation (impair...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Körperich H,Müller K,Barth P,Gieseke J,Haas N,Schulze-Neick I,Burchert W,Kececioglu D,Laser KT

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim was to evaluate computed tomography (CT)-measured pulmonary artery diameter (PAD) and lung density as predictors of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in subjects with systemic sclerosis (SSc). We compared these PAD values with normal values and between SSc subgroups with PH and/or interstitial lung disease (I...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Bakker ME,Ninaber MK,Stolk J,Kroft LJM,Schouffoer AA,de Vries Bouwstra JK,van Wijngaarden SE,Stoel BC

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With more sophisticated medical procedures and treatment for the critically ill patient, iatrogenic damage to the thorax has become increasingly common. But simple radiologic procedures, such as chest radiography and fluoroscopy, permit diagnosis of unsuspected and clinically silent complications. A very important iat...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ovenfors CO

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) represent an increasing population both because anomalies that might have remained undiagnosed in the past are now being diagnosed later in life on imaging and because significant therapeutic advances have resulted in survival to adulthood of patients with complex CHD. In thi...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Latson L Jr,Levsky JM,Haramati LB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Myocardial extracellular volume fraction (ECV) using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) can identify diffuse lesions not detected by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). We aimed to determine the prevalence of increased ECV and its relation to other CMR findings. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Consecutive patients (...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Lundin M,Sörensson P,Maret E,Jenner J,Abdula G,Nickander J,Themudo R,Caidahl K,Kellman P,Sigfridsson A,Ugander M

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Ostium primum, a type of atrial septal defect, occurs at the base of the interatrial septum and is the result of failure of fusion of the septum primum with the endocardial cushions. We describe a case of unrepaired ostium primum atrial septal defect in an adult that was diagnosed with multidetector computed tomograph...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Rajiah P,Renapurkar R,Kanne J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial and complete duplication of the trachea have previously been reported as rare causes of respiratory distress in children. We report a case of complete tracheal duplication detected incidentally in an adult during a computed tomography angiogram of the heart performed as part of an evaluation for coarctation of...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Scharf ML,Gallagher TC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The peri-infarct zone represents the morphologic substrate for reentry ventricular tachycardia after myocardial infarction, and its extent is a strong predictor of major cardiac events. Although delayed gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (DGE-MRI) was shown to allow for detailed characterization ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Muzzarelli S,Ordovas KG,Cannavale G,Naeger D,Michaels AD,Higgins CB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise radionuclide ventriculography is commonly used in patients with coronary artery disease, for both diagnostic purposes and patient management decisions. Both applications are reviewed in this article. There has been much debate as to the diagnostic efficacy of this test. Four factors influence this determinati...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Rozanski A

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a patient with histologically confirmed pulmonary lymphangiomyomatosis and thin-section computed tomography findings mimicking Langerhans cell histioctytosis. The description emphasizes the nonspecificity of the computed tomography findings in this patient. This report also suggests that the compu...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Keyzer C,Bankier AA,Remmelinck M,Gevenois PA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunocompromised patients are encountered with increasing frequency in clinical practice. In addition to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), therapy for malignant disease, and immune suppression for solid organ transplants, patients are now rendered immunosuppressed by advances in treatment for a wide vari...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Tanaka N,Kunihiro Y,Yanagawa N

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00