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C Torrents

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PubMed1994

Scintigraphy, angiography and computed tomography in unilateral hyperlucent lung due to obliterative bronchiolitis.

This study examines the value of different imaging methods in assessing the anatomic structures of unilateral hyperlucent lung due to obliterative bronchiolitis. We studied 9 patients, 5 males and 4 females, suffering from UHL (mean age 49 years). Ventilation-perfusion scan (VPS) and computed tomography (CT) of the chest were performed in all, and conventional angiography or digital substraction angiography (DSA) in 7 patients. The VPS showed the characteristic pattern of a matched ventilation-perfusion defect and considerable air trapping during the washout phase. Conventional angiography and DSA displayed a smaller pulmonary artery on the affected side, with a poor peripheral vasculature. CT displayed a loss of lung volume in all cases, with diminished mean attenuation values, a markedly diminished vasculature and integrity of the main airways. In contrast to other imaging modalities, CT imaged bronchiectasis, which was the cause of the patients' clinical symptoms of bronchorrhea and hemoptysis. We conclude that CT of the chest is the most valuable imaging method for evaluating unilateral hyperlucent lung, particularly in symptomatic patients.

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PubMed1991

[CT in radiation enteritis].

The computed tomography findings of 18 patients who had received radiation therapy for pelvic malignancies were reviewed retrospectively. They include bowel wall thickening, mainly in central areas and in contact with anterior abdominal wall, mesenteric thickening, without masses and rectal and presacral space involvement. The differential diagnosis of these findings is discussed.

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PubMed1991

[The radiologic manifestations of bronchiolitis obliterans].

We reviewed the radiological findings in 19 patients suffering obliterans bronchiolitis, all of whom were classified as idiopathic obliterans bronchiolitis with organizing pneumonia. In most cases, above 80%, X-rays showed alveolar opacities in patches; other less frequent findings were the presence of an interstitial pattern and cavitation (10%). Radiological findings are not specific being most useful in posttreatment patient follow-up.

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PubMed1990

[Spinal epidural lymphoma. A study using computed tomography].

We have gone through the computerized tomographies (CT) of four cases of spinal epidural lymphomas (SEL) studied in our department. Paraparesis with a sensitive level was the beginning of the disease three times; sciatic pain with recurrent fever once. A myelography followed by CT was done in the three cases of paraparesis while a non-contrast CT and a contrast-enhanced study was done in the case of sciatic pain. An homogeneous intraspinal mass stretching at least along one vertebral segment was the most usual finding. This mass spread into paraspinal tissue effacing fat lines. The mass was hyperdense in relation to dural sack and was limited to intraspinal space in one occasion. We have revised bibliography about osseous lesions in SEL and have found out disagreement on it. We have found them only once in our study. Intrathecal contrast was useless in determining tumour nature but useful in delimiting intraspinal extent. We have searched for tomographic features in order to establish differential diagnosis with other spinal epidural diseases. We did not find any SEL-exclusive features but we found that an homogeneous intra-extraspinal mass, extended at least along one vertebral segment and either producing or not producing osseous lesions can make us think of the presence of spinal epidural lymphoma.

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Postpneumocystis aspergilloma in AIDS: CT features.

We describe a case of aspergilloma complicating a pulmonary cyst secondary to Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in an AIDS patient. The utility of CT in the diagnosis is illustrated.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗