Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is a pulmonary disease occurring in patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis, consequent to a dysregulated immune response to inhaled Aspergillus conidia.
The correlation between the HRCT findings and mortality was evaluated using the Kaplan–Meier method and the log-rank test, as well as Cox proportional hazards regression models. Results Ground-glass ...
What Is the Next Step in the Protocol for the Diagnosis of ABPA? A peripheral blood eosinophil count, serum precipitins (or IgG) against A. fumigatus and a chest radiograph along with a high ...
HRCT abnormalities described were interstitial lung disease in 13.7-22% ... (5.8%), parenchymal bands (5.8-41%), interlobular septal thickening (5.8-45%), bronchial wall thickening (7.1-41%), ...
You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. The BTS non-cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis guideline1 is published as a supplement to ...
Axial and coronal unenhanced thin-slice chest HRCT scans (A and B, respectively) in a 25-year-old male cannabis smoker, showing a large (5 cm) bulla (white arrows), sharply demarcated by a thin wall ...
aDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China bDepartment of Respiratory ...
A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during a severe attack or when someone is hospitalized with asthma complications. A chest X-ray can also differentiate asthma ...
Chest radiography showed diffuse hyperinflation and a small focal condensation on the right base. The HRCT scan of the chest showed a diffuse mosaic attenuation pattern, with extensive areas of ...