Role of volume rendered 3-D computed tomography in conservative management of trauma-related thoracic injuries.

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated the computed tomography (CT) findings in 20 patients with pulmonary drug toxicity that followed high-dose chemotherapy and autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT). Eighty-five patients with Stage II or III breast cancer that involved > or = 10 axillary lymph nodes were enrolled in a ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Patz EF Jr,Peters WP,Goodman PC

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to define the posterior inferior junction line (PIJL) and its clinical associations more precisely, 64 posteroanterior radiographs demonstrating the PIJL or left pleuroesophageal stripe (LPES) were analyzed for the presence of emphysema, kyphosis, air-filled esophagus, and/or tortuous aorta. Pursuant to t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Curtis BR,Fisher MS

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：: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：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：: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：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is defined as a preventable and treatable disease state characterized by airflow limitation that is not fully reversible. This review will discuss the relevant anatomy of the secondary pulmonary lobule, the subtypes of emphysema, and their imaging appearances and corresponding pat...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Pipavath SN,Schmidt RA,Takasugi JE,Godwin JD

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:A 59-year-old man who underwent chest radiography to exclude pneumonia showed an irregular nodular shadow in the left lower lung. A subsequent CT scan revealed an irregularly shaped soft-tissue mass consisting of two components: a peripheral round mass with spiculated margins and a well-circumscribed branching ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Murata Y,Inomata T,Yamamoto A,Yamashiro T,Moriki T,Yoshida S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of pulmonary sarcoidosis showing the "reversed halo sign" on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). A 27-year-old man presented with nonproductive cough and high fever lasting for 3 weeks. A chest radiograph showed multiple areas of consolidation and cavitary shadows in the lungs. The HRCT showe...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kumazoe H,Matsunaga K,Nagata N,Komori M,Wakamatsu K,Kajiki A,Nakazono T,Kudo S

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman disease is a rare lymphproliferative disorder that most commonly occurs in the mediastinum. The tumor is very vascular, and biopsy is dangerous. We report magnetic resonance angiography findings, to our knowledge previously undescribed, of prominent feeding vessels; this might draw attention to the possible ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ecklund K,Hartnell GG

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:Computed tomography (CT) of the chest provides important information toward the diagnosis of drug-induced lung disease. CT's ability to demonstrate subtle parenchymal and pleural changes, small nodules, and adenopathy is valuable in the early detection of drug-related reactions. CT is also of value in monitoring the a...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kuhlman JE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography using the ECAT II scanner to image and measure regional lung function is outlined. The combined use of transmission and emission imaging provides quantitative information about regional lung structure (density, extravascular density, and vascular volume) and function (ventilation, perfusio...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Hughes JM,Brudin LH,Valind SO,Rhodes CG

更新日期：1985-12-01 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：: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：:When natural disasters demolish shelter, destroy sources of clean drinking water, and disrupt the availability of medical care, vast numbers of people are placed at increased risk of disease. The infectious diseases that propagate under these conditions are usually common ones. Occasionally, a natural disaster alters ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Ketai L,Currie BJ,Alva Lopez LF

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:Lung hernia is defined as a protrusion of lung parenchyma beyond the confines of the musculoskeletal thorax. Lung hernias can be classified according to location (i.e., cervical, thoracic, or diaphragmatic) and etiology. Approximately 80% of reported cases of lung hernia are acquired, usually related to trauma or surg...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Moncada R,Vade A,Gimenez C,Rosado W,Demos TC,Turbin R,Venta L

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:Kimura's disease is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease characterized by subcutaneous nodules in the head and neck regions associated with regional cervical lymphadenopathy. Following its recognition as a pathologic entity, numerous reports have been published detailing the pathogenesis, radiologic manifestations, an...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Hobeika CM,Mohammed TL,Johnson GL,Hansen K

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews common and uncommon patterns of thoracic metastatic disease in primary hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancies that are often overlooked or improperly diagnosed because of atypical location or imaging appearance. An understanding of the pathophysiology and routes of tumor spread aids in tailorin...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Holwerda RA,Walker CM,Rosado-de-Christenson ML,Martínez-Jiménez S,Kunin JR,Pettavel PP,Betancourt SL

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：PURPOSE:To assess the effect of computer-assisted detection (CAD) on diagnostic accuracy, reader confidence, and reading time when used as a concurrent reader for the detection of acute pulmonary embolism in computed tomography pulmonary angiography. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this institutional review board-approved re...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Wittenberg R,Peters JF,van den Berk IA,Freling NJ,Lely R,de Hoop B,Horsthuis K,Ravesloot CJ,Weber M,Prokop WM,Schaefer-Prokop CM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of arterial thrombosis in patients with protein C deficiency is relatively low compared with that of venous thrombosis. To our knowledge, there is no previously published report of a protein C deficiency patient with simultaneous thromboses in the pulmonary artery and innominate artery in the English lit...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kim JK,Lee HY,Song IS,Yoo SM,Rho JY,Moon JY,White CS

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：: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