[Pulmonary opacities in the shape of ribbon streamers. Apropos of a case].
The authors report a case of chronic interstitial pneumonia with a very unusual appearance (on plain films and CT); in fact such ribbon-like linear opacities with concentric and pseudo-cavitary disposition have not been previously described. They are comparable but different from the linear opacities described by Carrington in some cases of chronic eosinophilic interstitial pneumonia, which are vertical and peripheral. They are also different from the curvilinear sub-pleural opacities reported in some cases of asbestosis. On the basis of the anatomic findings they discuss the specificity of such radiologic patterns or their sole value as an evolutive state.
Giron
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Service de Radiologie Thoracique, Hôpital Saint-Charles, CHU Montpellier.
Senac
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JP
Rigaud
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Aubas
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P
Chanez
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Opacités pulmonaires rubanées "en serpentins". A propos d'une observation.