title: Pulmonary manifestations of wegener granulomatosis: CT findings in 57 patients and a review of the literature.
abstract: Wegener granulomatosis is a multisystem disease of unknown cause characterized by a necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis. In comparison to other vasculitides, the lung is the most common organ involved in wegener granulomatosis presenting with a very aggressive airways pathology and chronic relapsing course. Chest radiographs fail to describe the pattern and distribution of thoracic pathology sufficiently, and CT has shown to be more sensitive for detecting lung involvement. We present the CT findings of 57 patients with wegener granulomatosis and a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, D- 79106, Freiburg i. Br, Germany. lohrmann@mrs1.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lohrmann
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uhl
authors.forename: Elmar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kotter
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: Nadir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghanem
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Langer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed