HRCT findings of chest complications in patients with leukemia.
High-resolution CT (HRCT) findings of several chest complications occurring in leukemic patients were reviewed. Although most entities show non-specific HRCT findings including ground-glass opacity and air-space consolidation, characteristic findings are observed in several pulmonary complications including Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, fungal infections, miliary tuberculosis, leukemic infiltration, pulmonary edema, bronchiolitis obliterans, and bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia. A combination of these characteristic HRCT findings and the information obtained from the clinical setting may help in achieving a correct diagnosis of chest complications occurring in leukemic patients.
Tanaka
Nobuyuki
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Department of Radiology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan. Nobuyuki.Tanaka@uchsc.edu
Matsumoto
Tsuneo
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Miura
Gouji
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Emoto
Takuya
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Matsunaga
Naofumi
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D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging