Importance of ground-glass attenuation in chronic diffuse infiltrative lung disease: pathologic-CT correlation.

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Authors

Martine Rémy‐Jardin · Hôpital Albert Calmette

Frédéric Giraud

Jacques Rémy

Marie‐Christine Copin

B Gosselin

Alain Duhamel

Abstract

In patients with chronic diffuse infiltrative lung disease, areas of ground-glass attenuation not associated with traction bronchiectasis or bronchiolectasis are a reliable indicator of inflammation.

Topics & Keywords

Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Radiology

Volume 189, Issue 3, pp. 693-698

DOI: 10.1148/radiology.189.3.8234692

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