Imaging of Cardiac Infections: A Comprehensive Review and Investigation Flowchart for Diagnostic Workup.

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：:The purpose of this study was to correlate the extent of computed tomographic (CT) findings with the severity of respiratory dysfunction in lung transplant recipients with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). Eighty-nine conventional and 61 thin-section CT scans performed in 44 transplant recipients (17 bilateral,...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Choi YW,Rossi SE,Palmer SM,DeLong D,Erasmus JJ,McAdams HP

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma (PHG) is a rare disease characterized by multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules of uncertain etiology. We describe a 71-year-old female patient with thyroid papillary carcinoma in whom bilateral pulmonary nodules were found during a routine chest radiography examination. Subsequent fluoro...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Lien CT,Yang CJ,Yang SF,Chou SH,Huang MS

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This pictorial essay presents cases of congenital coronary artery anomalies, including congenital anomalies of origin, course, and termination. Familiarity with atypical coronary anatomy and clinical presentation may facilitate appropriate diagnosis and management, particularly as cardiac and thoracic computed tomogra...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Azour L,Jacobi AH,Alpert JB,Uppu S,Latson L Jr,Mason D,Cham MD

更新日期：2018-09-01 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:To determine the computed tomography (CT) imaging features of reexpansion pulmonary edema. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective review was performed of 22 consecutive patients with clinical and radiologic features consistent with reexpansion pulmonary edema (14 male, 8 female; mean age, 56±22.8 y; range, 19 t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Gleeson T,Thiessen R,Müller N

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bleomycin is a widely used chemotherapeutic that has been shown to induce life-threatening interstitial lung disease in a small subset of patients. We report a case of bleomycin-induced pneumonitis in a patient treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with severe clinical respiratory symptoms, a marked restrictive pattern on pulm...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kirsch J,Arrossi AV,Yoon JK,Wu G,Neumann DR

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the publication of the Radiologic Diagnostic Oncology Group Report in 1991, the clinical application of pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with lung cancer has been limited. In contrast, MRI for lung cancer has undergone continuous development, and several promising techniques have been intro...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Koyama H,Ohno Y,Seki S,Nishio M,Yoshikawa T,Matsumoto S,Sugimura K

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:The purpose of this controlled study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of round atelectasis (RA). We reviewed two groups of chest CT scans of 22 patients (with 24 masses). Group 1 scans represent 10 patients (12 masses) known to have RA, and Group 2 scans represent 1...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： O'Donovan PB,Schenk M,Lim K,Obuchowski N,Stoller JK

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Several acute and chronic conditions that alter the integrity of the pulmonary epithelium increased the rate of absorption or clearance into the circulation of small solutes deposited in the alveoli. Technetium 99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid can be deposited in the lungs as a submicronic aerosol and its rate ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Coates G,O'Brodovich H,Dolovich M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation caused by the larval stage of a tapeworm of the genus Echinococcus. This report describes an extremely rare complication of echinococcal disease in which severe pulmonary hypertension developed after massive hydatid pulmonary embolism. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Franquet T,Plaza V,Llauger J,Giménez A,Bordes R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytologic analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid is used for lung cancer diagnosis. We describe a patient with a history of rectal carcinoma who presented with a new lung mass. BAL was performed, with positron emission tomography-computed tomography the following day. There was mildly increased fluoro-deoxy-D-...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Leong S,O'Connor OJ,Doyle D,Murphy DM,Maher MM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of fungal pneumonias has increased dramatically since the 1960s, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Fungal infections may be divided into endemic and opportunistic varieties. In general, the truly pathogenic (endemic) fungi infect healthy individuals, and opportunistic fungi usually infect only ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Haque AK

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the literature for articles assessing radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for pulmonary malignancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The "bottom-up" approach to evidence-based practice was applied by 2 reviewers to the retrieval and appraisal of original research articles published on pulm...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Chan VO,McDermott S,Malone DE,Dodd JD

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of respiratory motion and imaging at low tidal volumes can easily obscure normal anatomy as well as pathology on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images of the lungs in infants and young children. The benefits of motion-free HRCT in children at full inflation and end exhalation compared with HRCT...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Long FR

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：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：:Transthoracic needle biopsy (TNB) of the mediastinum is an accurate, safe, and cost-effective diagnostic tool for the evaluation of mediastinal masses and lymphadenopathy. The technique is most useful in the staging of carcinoma, where it serves as a less expensive and minimally invasive alternative to mediastinoscopy...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Protopapas Z,Westcott JL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of the less invasive techniques such as CT, MRI, and digital angiography require reexamination of the indications for conventional screen-film aortography. Because of poor image quality, IV digital subtraction angiography should be limited to congenital aortic disease and follow-up cases. Intraarteria...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Sanders C

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) can play a role in diagnosis of coronary artery disease and in the assessment of left ventricle (LV) and right ventricle global function, with initial good correlation results with standard modalities. With the latest scanners, regional LV contractility with both qualitative an...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Savino G,Zwerner P,Herzog C,Politi M,Bonomo L,Costello P,Schoepf UJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to determine the availability, attributes, and hindrances of current and developing US lung cancer screening programs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:An electronic questionnaire was sent to the membership of the Society of Thoracic Radiology in August 2013 and remained open for 4 weeks. Of the 225 US-b...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Eberth JM,Qiu R,Linder SK,Gallant NR,Munden RF

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of the "reversed halo sign" 6 weeks after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of a lung neoplasm in an 80-year-old man. The "reversed halo sign," first described on computed tomography in cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, has later been described as being associated with a wide range of pulmonary pathologie...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Mango VL,Naidich DP,Godoy MC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumatic nail guns are a tool used commonly in the construction industry and are widely available. Accidental injuries from nail guns are common, and several cases of suicide using a nail gun have been reported. Computed tomographic (CT) imaging, together with echocardiography, has been shown to be the gold standard ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： OʼLeary DP,Soo A,McLaughlin P,Aherne T

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence and severity of expiratory multidetector computer tomography airway abnormalities, including central airway collapse and peripheral air trapping, before and after tracheoplasty, a novel surgical treatment for tracheomalacia. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Our hos...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Lee KS,Ashiku SK,Ernst A,Feller-Kopman D,DeCamp M,Majid A,Guerrero J,Boiselle PM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To review the high-resolution computed tomography (CT) and histologic findings of acute exacerbation of chronic interstitial pneumonia and to assess the potential value of CT and histologic findings in predicting prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The study included 24 patients with clinical and histologic diagn...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Silva CI,Müller NL,Fujimoto K,Kato S,Ichikado K,Taniguchi H,Kondoh Y,Johkoh T,Churg A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00