CT Features of Lung Disease in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Comparison with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia

2004391 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Sujal R. Desai · King's College Hospital

Srihari Veeraraghavan · Royal Brompton Hospital

David M. Hansell · Royal Brompton Hospital

Ageliki Nikolakopolou · Royal Brompton Hospital

Nicole Goh · Royal Brompton Hospital

Andrew G. Nicholson · Royal Brompton Hospital

Thomas V. Colby

Abstract

Interstitial lung disease in patients with SSc is less extensive, less coarse, and characterized by a greater proportion of ground-glass opacification than that in patients with IPF. The CT features of lung disease in patients with SSc closely resemble those in patients with idiopathic NSIP.

Topics & Keywords

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Radiology

Volume 232, Issue 2, pp. 560-567

DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2322031223

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