Iatrogenic trauma to the thorax.

abstract：:Imaging of the coronary sinus and its tributaries has gained increasing significance consequent to the development of an array of electrophysiological and interventional procedures using the cardiac venous system, including ablation for arrhythmias, left ventricular pacing, and in the administration of retrograde card...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Sinha M,Pandey NN,Sharma A

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：: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 outcome of treatment in patients with early asymptomatic HIV disease has recently improved. Clinical trials with zidovudine have demonstrated efficacy and greatly reduced toxicity when the drug is used in asymptomatic HIV-infected persons who have fewer than 500 CD4+ cells/mm3, and resistance to this drug in these...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Volberding P

更新日期：1991-09-01 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：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to determine the lobar distribution and associated radiologic/clinical findings of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) in the adult population using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The radiology information database was queried for pat...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ho ML,Bhalla S,Bierhals A,Gutierrez F

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:We studied the chest radiographs of 30 patients (39 thoracotomies) after resection of pulmonary nodules with a neodymium-YAG laser. New "nodules" were often visible in the resected areas. These gradually evolved into linear scars with or without a small, nodular component or disappeared. In 11 of 39 thoracotomies, pos...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Holbert BL,Holbert JM,Libshitz HI

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This pictorial essay aims to present various lesions that could present as consolidations with diffuse of focal high attenuation on computed tomography, helping to make the diagnosis more confident and specific. The radiologic literature has limited information about such findings and the role of computed tomography i...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Marchiori E,Franquet T,Gasparetto TD,Gonçalves LP,Escuissato DL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) rarely arises from tuberculous empyema. We report a case in which magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was useful in separating the lymphoma from the chronic empyema. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Fujiwara T,Kasahara H,Tanohata K,Nagase M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that destruction of the distal capillary bed from extensive fibrosis and honeycombing in the setting of sarcoidosis may lead to pulmonary hypertension. However, we report an unusual manifestation of sarcoidosis where pulmonary hypertension resulted from granulomatous involvement of the pulmonary veins...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Padia SA,Budev M,Farver CF,Mohammed TL

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:Immunocompromised hosts have defects in their immune system that make them at risk of developing a variety of infections. In addition, these persons may develop a wide variety of noninfectious disease processes that involve the lung. These disorders may be caused by the underlying disease process. This may be seen wit...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Conces DJ Jr

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been stated that chest radiographic features of aortic dissection are a contraindication to intravenous thrombolysis in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. Excluding aortic dissection could significantly delay such treatment in patients who would benefit from thrombolysis. Initial chest radiogr...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Hartnell GG,Wakeley CJ,Tottle A,Papouchado M,Wilde RP

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:Tracheal evaluation is a fundamental part of chest imaging. Adult tracheal anatomy is well understood, but tracheal embryology is not. There have been major advances in imaging, but radiography remains the initial imaging study for most tracheal pathology. Careful radiographic analysis can yield considerable informati...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Holbert JM,Strollo DC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epipericardial fat necrosis is an unusual clinical condition of unknown etiology first reported in the literature in 1957. It presents as an acute onset of chest pain and a well-defined juxtacardiac mass. Computed tomographic findings of this condition demonstrate a fat-attenuation mass that resolves over time. We pre...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ataya D,Chowdhry AA,Mohammed TL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is a powerful tool for the detection and management of coronary artery disease. Beyond morphology, CMR imaging can probe relevant physiological parameters such as perfusion and function by means of stress testing. This article reviews current applications of CMR stress imaging ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kawel-Boehm N,Bremerich J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) has been used for cardiothoracic imaging since the advent of 4-slice computed tomography (CT) in 1999. Available since 2004, 64-slice CT systems are currently considered a prerequisite for successfully integrating cardiothoracic CT into routine clinical algorithms. Developm...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Flohr TG,Klotz E,Allmendinger T,Raupach R,Bruder H,Schmidt B

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On health examination, a nodular opacity of size of 25 mm was detected in a 54-year-old man. High-resolution computed tomography scans showed irregular-shaped ground glass opacity with bubble-like appearance in the right lung. The low-magnified histological findings after right upper lobectomy demonstrated squamous ce...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

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

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:Asymptomatic congenital thoracic venous anomalies are becoming clinically more relevant with the increasing utilization of minimally invasive surgical vascular procedures, such as left-sided implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation. The purpose of this report is to describe the computed tomography findings ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Chen HJ,Brown K,Barack BM

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with connective tissue disease (CTD). In a minority of patients the ILD may be the presenting (or only) manifestation of an underlying CTD. Diagnosis of CTD-related ILD relies on a multidisciplinary team including pulmonologists, ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Henry TS,Little BP,Veeraraghavan S,Bhalla S,Elicker BM

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:The aim of this essay was to demonstrate the thoracic venous anatomy as delineated by malpositioned central venous catheters on plain chest radiographs. We therefore used the didactic advantage of clinically inadvertent catheter positions. This approach was chosen to illustrate venous anatomy with plain chest radiogra...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Wunderbaldinger P,Bankier AA,Kreuzer S,Turetschek K,Fleischmann D,Herold CJ

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is an important but underdiagnosed form of interstitial lung disease. Its clinical hallmark is recurrent or chronic pulmonary symptoms of variable severity associated with an array of systemic symptoms but without extrapulmonary structural abnormalities. Clinical suspicion is the key to di...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Chiu A,Pegram PS Jr,Haponik EF

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:We report a patient with mediastinal lymphangioma, with plain film and computed tomographic findings that suggested the diagnosis of thymic cyst. The differential diagnosis and magnetic resonance imaging of mediastinal lymphangioma are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Pannell TL,Jolles H

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Computerized tomography (CT) scanning shows promise as an outcome surrogate for cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease progression. The scoring system used to convert the CT image to numeric data is an essential determinant of the performance of CT scanning. METHODS:Three radiologists independently scored 16 h...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Brody AS,Kosorok MR,Li Z,Broderick LS,Foster JL,Laxova A,Bandla H,Farrell PM

更新日期：2006-03-01 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