[Analysis of patients with middle lobe and lingular syndrome complicated with nontuberculous mycobacterosis, chronic sinusitis, or bronchopulmonary tuberculosis].
The clinical characteristics and chest CT scan findings in 77 cases of middle lobe and lingular syndrome, many of which were complicated with nontuberculous mycobacteriosis (21 cases, 27.3%), chronic sinusitis (16, 20.8%), or bronchopulmonary tuberculosis (11, 14.3%) are reported. Sixteen (76.2%) cases complicated with nontuberculous mycobacteriosis and 14 (87.5%) cases complicated with chronic sinusitis had granular shadows with dilated bronchi of both middle lobe and lingular in their chest CT scans. Granular shadows with a thickening of the bronchial wall or dilated bronchi were common characteristics of the chest CT scans of the patients with nontuberculous mycobacteriosis. However, cicatrization atelectasis of either middle lobe or lingular was the most common finding in patients with bronchopulmonary tuberculosis.
Inoue
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Department of Internal Medicine, Isahaya Insurance General Hospital.
Ishii
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Tomita
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H
Tomono
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Maesaki
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Kohno
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008878:Middle Lobe Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology