Fast spin-echo MR imaging of non-Hodgkin lymphoma arising from chronic tuberculous empyema.

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：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：:Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited disease in the African American population. Multiorgan pathologic features with a predilection for thoracic organs predominate. Acute cardiopulmonary diseases include acute chest syndrome, pneumonia, and left ventricular failure. Cardiomegaly, pleural effusions, pulmona...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Leong CS,Stark P

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：:Thoracic duct cysts are rare lesions presenting as mediastinal or supraclavicular masses. We report a case of a 77-year-old female who presented with a left supraclavicular mass. A cervical thoracic duct cyst was suspected after contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the neck and chest. Diagnosis was confirmed ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Gupta M,Lovelace TD,Sukumar M,Gosselin MV

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheopathia osteochondroplastica is an uncommon abnormality of the cartilaginous tracheal wall, characterized by the presence of osteocartilaginous calcified nodules within the submucosa, with variable degree of diffuse tracheal narrowing. Imaging findings in CT are characterized by the presence of calcified nodular...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Restrepo S,Pandit M,Villamil MA,Rojas IC,Perez JM,Gascue A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pulmonary nodule was incidentally detected in a 50-year-old man during a routine health evaluation. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) showed that the lesion had the appearance of a collection of multiple tiny nodules. Histologic examination of the resected specimen revealed a single hamartoma resembling a b...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Shinkai M,Kobayashi H,Kanoh S,Ozeki Y,Aida S,Motoyoshi K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the study was to compare radiation dose and image quality between the "average" and the "very strong" automatic exposure control (AEC) strength curves. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Images reconstructed with filtered back-projection techniques and radiation dose data of unenhanced helical chest computed tom...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Gyssels E,Bohy P,Cornil A,van Muylem A,Howarth N,Gevenois PA,Tack D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal cancer, an uncommon neoplasm, has been increasing in incidence over the past few decades. Optimal management of patients is determined by the stage of disease at presentation, patient performance status, and location of the primary cancer. Recently, there has been increasing use of multimodality therapy in ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Munden RF,Macapinlac HA,Erasmus JJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:The authors report a case of pulmonary fat embolism syndrome without identifiable cause that was seen on chest radiographs and high-resolution computed tomography as diffuse ground-glass attenuation, particularly in nondependent portions of both lungs. The radiologic findings were shown on open-lung biopsy to represen...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Choi JA,Oh YW,Kim HK,Kang KH,Choi YH,Kang EY

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：:The fiberoptic bronchoscope became commercially available nearly 20 years ago. This instrument has revolutionized the practice of respiratory medicine by providing the biggest single advance in diagnostic techniques for the chest in recent years. Its use is now widespread, and it has largely superseded the rigid bronc...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Flower CD

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the growing substance use disorders epidemic in the United States, a wide range of complications may be seen in both the acute and chronic clinical setting. This article will use a multimodality approach to review complications of intravenous substance use that cardiothoracic radiologists are likely to encounter....

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Hossain R,Almeida RR,Natcheva H,Hedgire S,Ghoshhajra B,Shepard JA,Fintelmann FJ,Flores EJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Areas of variable lung attenuation forming a "mosaic pattern" are occasionally seen on computed tomography (CT) or high-resolution CT (HRCT) images of the lungs. This CT mosaic pattern of lung attenuation is a nonspecific finding that can reflect the presence of vascular disease, airway abnormalities, or ground-glass ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Stern EJ,Müller NL,Swensen SJ,Hartman TE

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of sarcoidosis demonstrating an unusual pattern of profuse micronodular calcification is presented. The striking similarity with the so-called pathognomonic appearance of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis and the progressive deterioration of pulmonary function are emphasized. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Weinstein DS

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST) found a reduction in lung cancer mortality in high-risk patients aged 55 to 74 who were screened with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) rather than chest x-ray. This reduction was 20% after 6.5 years and 16% after 7.5 years, with a 6.7% reduction in all-cause mortality...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Zuckerman D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Before the advent of fast-scanning multidetector-row computed tomography (CT) technology, thoracic CT studies were exclusively used for the morphologic assessment of thoracic organs, as the concurrent examination of the heart was hampered by image degradation from cardiac motion artifacts. The introduction of fast rot...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Remy-Jardin M,Faivre JB,Santangelo T,Tacelli N,Remy J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zygomycosis is a life-threatening fungal infection, and its successful treatment requires early diagnosis. To establish radiologic and clinical criteria for early diagnosis, we reviewed 3 post-mortem cases with zygomycosis secondary to hematological diseases. In all cases, an irregular dilatation of pulmonary veins on...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kitagawa H,Watanabe K,Kage H,Inoh S,Goto A,Fukayama M,Nagase T,Ohishi N,Takai D

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:In patients with AIDS, the relatively high incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis places them at risk for more severe esophageal tuberculosis (including fistula formation), and tuberculous esophagitis in the setting of AIDS may be more common than had been thought. Tuberculous esophageal fistulae have long been described...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Munn S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to evaluate interobserver reproducibility between cardiothoracic radiologists applying the Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS) to describe atherosclerotic burden on coronary computed tomography angiography. METHODS:Forty clinical computed tomography angiography cases w...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Hu JY,Bergquist PJ,Hossain R,Ropp AM,Kligerman S,Amin SB,Sechrist JW,Patel P,Jeudy J,White CS

更新日期：2020-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution of pulmonary vascularity, as imaged on the routine chest radiograph, may be used as an accurate and sensitive indicator of underlying pathophysiologic change. The lungs, like most other human organ systems, have extensive reserve capability. Such reserves exist in terms of excess alveolar capacity in the ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ravin CE

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac masses encountered on imaging may present a diagnostic dilemma when discovered incidentally, or even when they serve as the principal reason for the examination. In this review, we present an algorithmic approach for assessing cardiac masses by integrating clinical information with radiologic findings to reach...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Bernheim A,Gore A,Goyal N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary artery dissection is a rare but life-threatening disease, which has mainly been diagnosed at postmortem examination rather than in living patients. Herein we report an unusual case of pulmonary artery dissection involving the right and left pulmonary arteries with Eisenmenger syndrome confirmed by multidetec...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Peng LQ,Yu JQ,Chu ZG,Yuan HM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 58-year-old man with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who developed diffuse left ventricular myocardial calcification during an episode of sepsis seen at computed tomographic imaging. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Simonson S,Miller WT Jr,Perl A,Torigian DA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) and surgical pulmonary valve replacement (SPVR) on biventricular and pulmonary valve function using cardiac magnetic resonance. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirty-five patients aged 20±8 years (mean±SD) underwent PPV...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Secchi F,Resta EC,Cannaò PM,Pluchinotta F,Piazza L,Butera G,Carminati M,Sardanelli F

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography (CT) is commonly used in the evaluation and management of patients with diffuse lung pathologies, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD). In clinical practice, the qualitative (visual) assessment of CT images by a radiologist provides ins...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Castillo-Saldana D,Hague CJ,Coxson HO,Ryerson CJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an analysis of 36 central lung, 54 mediastinal, and 10 central pleural masses, features were sought that would allow accurate localization of the mass by CT. The mass-lung interface was the most useful feature; with few exceptions a mass with a spiculated, nodular, or irregular edge was in the lung, and a mass with...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Woodring JH,Johnson PJ

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00