High-resolution Computed Tomography of the Lungs; A Pattern Approach Includes CD-ROM

by D. Karthikeyan; Deepa Chegu

• ISBN13: 9780340905807
• ISBN10: 0340905808
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Hodder Arnold Publishers

Summary

The advent of chest CT with high-resolution techniques has changed dramatically the understanding of pulmonary diseases. Conditions previously hard to distinguish using traditional film radiography, particularly the diffuse lung diseases, can now be diagnosed rapidly and the extent of thedisease process identified. Designed for easy reference in the clinical setting, this highly illustrated 'text and atlas' is a comprehensive but practical guide to performing and interpreting CT imaging studies of the chest. Opening with a review of the fundamentals of high-resolution CT in relation to lung chest anatomy,the second section forming the bulk of the book is a case-based review of both focal and diffuse lung diseases, describing the features of those diseases as visualized using CT and related differential diagnoses where relevant. The book concludes with an extensive appendix of useful informationrelating to chest imaging, including key facts about all the commonly encountered pathologic entities and protocols that can be referred to in the clinical setting. The book is accompanied by a CD containing all the images from the book with a presentation on pattern approach that can be used for teaching purposes as well as self-assessment.

Author Biography

D. Karthikeyan is Chief Radiologist, Division of Computed Tomography and Body Imaging, Department of Imaging Sciences, KG Hospital and Postgraduate Institute; and Programme Director, Rededucation Pvt. Ltd, Coimbatore, India.

Table of Contents

CT techniques and anatomy	p. 1
Overview of lung diseases	p. 17
Cases
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis	p. 43
Abscess	p. 45
Acinus	p. 47
Adenocarcinoma	p. 49
Air trapping	p. 50
Architectural distortion	p. 51
Aspergilloma	p. 52
Asthma	p. 54
Atelectasis	p. 55
Azygous lobe fissure	p. 57
Alveolar proteinosis	p. 58
ARDS	p. 59
Aspiration	p. 62
Bronchiolitis	p. 63
Bronchiolectasis	p. 65
Broncholithiasis	p. 66
BP fistula	p. 67
Bronchiectasis	p. 68
Bulla	p. 71
Bubble lucencies	p. 72
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma	p. 73
BOOP	p. 74
Bronchogenic cyst	p. 76
Bronchial atresia	p. 78
Cavity	p. 79
Conglomerate mass	p. 80
Consolidation	p. 81
Cyst	p. 83
Compensatory hyperinflation	p. 84
Cystic fibrosis	p. 85
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia	p. 86
Cong. lobar emphysema	p. 87
Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation	p. 88
Drug-induced lung disease	p. 89
Emphysema	p. 91
Embolism/infarction	p. 93
Endobronchial obstruction	p. 94
End-stage lung	p. 95
Ewing's tumor	p. 96
Fungal abscess	p. 97
Fissural fluid	p. 98
Ground glass opacity	p. 99
Honeycombing	p. 100
Hypersensitive pneumonitis	p. 101
Pulmonary hemorrhage	p. 103
Hyperlucent hemithorax	p. 105
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis	p. 106
Lymphangitic carcinomatosis	p. 107
Miliary pattern	p. 108
Mosaic perfusion	p. 109
Middle lobe syndrome	p. 110
Mesothelioma	p. 111
Neoplasia	p. 112
Nodules	p. 115
Obstructive hyperinflation	p. 116
Parenchymal band-linear	p. 117
Pancoast tumor	p. 118
Pleural calcification	p. 120
Pleural thickening	p. 121
Pleural effusion	p. 122
Pneumatocele	p. 123
Pneumothorax	p. 124
Pleural deposit	p. 126
Pulmonary contusion	p. 127
Pulmonary edema	p. 128
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia	p. 129
Pulmonary laceration	p. 130
Pulmonary AV malformation	p. 131
Poland syndrome	p. 133
Rasmussen's aneurysm	p. 134
Reticular pattern	p. 135
Round atelectasis	p. 136
Rheumatoid lung	p. 137
Radiation pneumonitis	p. 138
Silicosis	p. 139
Sarcoidosis	p. 141
Scleroderma	p. 143
Secondaries	p. 144
Septal thickening	p. 146
Subpleural line	p. 147
SPN	p. 148
Sequestration	p. 152
Tracheomegaly	p. 154
Traction bronchiectasis	p. 155
Transbronchial spread	p. 156
Tuberculosis	p. 157
Tree-in-bud	p. 161
Three dimensional rendering techniques	p. 162
Wegener's granuloma	p. 164
Sign in thoracic CT	p. 166
Air crescent sign	p. 167
Drowned lung sign	p. 168
Fallen lung sign	p. 169
Gloved finger sign	p. 170
Golden 'S' sign	p. 171
Halo sign	p. 172
Hampton's hump sign	p. 173
CT angiogram sign	p. 174
Signet-ring sign	p. 175
Split pleura sign	p. 176
Western-mark sign	p. 177
Luftsichel sign	p. 178
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