title: [Pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma in adults. Case histories and a review of the literature].
abstract: Histiocytosis X is a disease of unknown origin which usually affects multiple organs, including the lung. The age of onset, the clinical course and the pattern of spread allow a distinction to be made between 3 varieties: Letterer-Siwe, Hand-Schüller-Christian and eosinophilic granuloma. The latter form, in adult patients, may predominantly or solely affect the lungs. The authors reviewed clinical, radiographic and CT findings of 7 adult patients with pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma, picked out of a series of 265 cases of interstitial lung pathology, diagnosed since 1973. Typical pulmonary involvement is bilateral, symmetrical and predominates in the upper areas. Honeycomb pattern was found in 1 patient at the onset of symptoms, and in 2 cases during the follow-up, without severe reduction in pulmonary volumes. Pneumothorax was observed in 3 cases and bone lesions in 2. CT added new and important informations such as presence, size and wall thickness of "cystic" lesions. New laboratory tests and bronchoalveolar lavage demonstrated minor diagnostic usefulness than radiological findings. The authors conclude by discussing such problems as prognostic factors and differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia, Università, Bologna.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zompatori
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gavelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernasconi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fabbri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sturani
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galavotti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014915:Whole-Body Counting
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019343:Citric Acid; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
vernacular_title: Il granuloma eosinofilo polmonare dell'adulto. Contributo casistico e revisione della letteratura.