High-resolution CT pulmonary findings in adults with Gaucher's disease.
The purpose of this study was to illustrate high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings in symptomatic adult Gaucher's disease patients. Five adult patients with Gaucher's disease experienced dyspnea. These patient were first evaluated by chest X-ray (CXR) followed by HRCT. The chest X-ray on one patient demonstrated a calcified granuloma. Two patients had interstitial disease only seen on HRCT, and two patients had a combination of interstitial and alveolar disease giving a mosaic pattern better illustrated on HRCT. HRCT can be used following CXR to evaluate lung pathology in symptomatic adult Gaucher's disease patients.
Department of Radiology, University of Southern California, Norris Cancer Hospital, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation