Paraseptal emphysema mimicking unilateral lymphangitic carcinomatosis: CT findings.
A 65-year-old man with lung carcinoma is presented. Chest radiography showed unilateral Kerley B lines in the right midlung and base, suggestive of lymphangitic carcinomatosis. High resolution CT demonstrated that this finding was due to residual normal interlobular septa, suspended between areas of paraseptal emphysema.
Academic Department of Radiology, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
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D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed