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：: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：: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：: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：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：: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：:Pulmonary involvement in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) resembles lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) in its clinical, radiologic, and histopathological features. Typical high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings are of bilateral thin-walled cysts symmetrically throughout both lungs, with associated increase in...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Wenaden AE,Copley SJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：:Left ventricular assist devices are used as a bridge to recovery, a bridge to transplant, or a permanent alternative to cardiac transplant. This exhibit demonstrates the imaging appearance of commonly used left ventricular assist devices and their complications. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Jain VR,White CS,Pierson RN 3rd,Griffith BP,Sorensen EN

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lung disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Quantitative techniques for assessing emphysema and related airway disease have been slow to gain acceptance among radiologists, who have traditionally used description of structural changes to evaluate these diseases. This review...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Goldin JG

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old female patient, who had undergone bone marrow transplantation 35 days earlier, presented with dry cough, dyspnea, and fever for 4 days. Chest radiography showed poorly-defined bilateral opacities. High-resolution CT revealed bilateral ground glass opacities with superimposed septal thickening and intralo...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Escuissato DL,de Aguiar RO,Gasparetto EL,Müller NL

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:In recent years radiation risk from CT scanning has become an important area of investigation. Many authors have suggested that radiation dose can be decreased without loss of diagnostic information. This dose reduction has primarily been achieved through a decrease in tube current. An area that has received little at...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Cassese JA,Brody AS,Thomas SR

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hemangiomas are rare, benign primary cardiac neoplasms. We describe the CT and MR imaging findings of a cardiac hemangioma arising from the myocardium of the left atrial appendage and protruding into the pericardial cavity. The tumor displayed homogenous density on CT, heterogeneous signal intensity on MR, and...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Oshima H,Hara M,Kono T,Shibamoto Y,Mishima A,Akita S

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Lung transplantation is a well-accepted treatment for numerous lung diseases when medical or surgical therapy is ineffective or unavailable and the patient has a limited life expectancy (usually less than 2 to 3 years). When appropriate, single-lung transplantation is the preferred procedure because of a critical shor...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Collins J

更新日期：2002-04-01 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：SUMMARY:To assess the radiologic findings of systemic arterial supply to the normal basal segments of the left lower lobe, chest radiographs and CT scans of all 11 patients were reviewed retrospectively by two chest radiologists. On posteroanterior chest radiographs (n = 11), the anomalous systemic artery arising from ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Kim TS,Lee KS,Im JG,Goo JM,Park JS,Kim JH

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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：:Paraneoplastic syndromes may be the presenting clinical manifestation of small cell lung cancer. In some cases, however, confirming the diagnosis can be difficult because findings on conventional imaging studies can be subtle or nonspecific. This study examined the utility of fluoro-2-deoxy-glucose positron emission t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Crotty E,Patz EF Jr

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:The noninvasive imaging of normal and diseased coronary arteries by magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has undergone numerous technical improvements since its introduction in 1993 but remains a work in progress. This paper will review the current status of coronary MRA with a focus on the history of coronary MRA and...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Duerinckx AJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Comprehensive cardiac assessment embraces virtually every imaging modality and includes information about coronary vascular anatomy as well as cardiac morphology, function, perfusion, metabolism, and tissue characterization. Through sophisticated computer processing and image analysis, newer imaging technologies such ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Goldin JG,Ratib O,Aberle DR

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors set out to determine how histologic variability in bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma impacts dominant radiographic patterns shown by computed tomography (CT). Thoracic CT's of all patients with pathologically confirmed bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma diagnosed over a 36-month period were reviewed without...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Shah RM,Balsara G,Webster M,Friedman AC

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sufficient trauma to the chest can result in injury to the bony thorax and soft tissues of the chest wall, increasing patient morbidity and mortality. Fractured ribs can lacerate the pleura, lung, or abdominal organs. Fractures to upper ribs, clavicle, and upper sternum can signal brachial plexus or vascular injury. P...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Collins J

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：: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：: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：:Extrapleural administration of dilute contrast was used to facilitate biopsy of a posterior mediastinal mass. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Bhagat VJ,Wilson MW,Sudilovsky D,LaBerge JM,Gordon RL,Kerlan RK Jr

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：: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：: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：:Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis is a rare disorder that is characterized pathologically by formation of capillaries along alveolar walls that may ultimately invade the pulmonary parenchyma and pulmonary arteries. The clinic presentation overlaps that of primary pulmonary hypertension, but the natural history of pu...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic imaging

authors： Lippert JL,White CS,Cameron EW,Sun CC,Liang X,Rubin LJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00