title: The role of spiral multidetector dynamic CT in the study of Williams-Campbell syndrome.
abstract: Williams-Campbell syndrome is a cystic bronchiectatic disease secondary to deficiency or defect of cartilaginous plates in the wall of the airways. In the literature, two main forms are suggested: congenital and acquired (post-infectious). The most frequent symptoms are represented by recurrent pulmonary infections from childhood. Multislice spiral dynamic CT has a major role in the study of cystic pulmonary disease and in differentiating Williams-Campbell syndrome from the other causes of cystic bronchiectasis, in which even lung function tests can give deceptive results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, S Orsola-Malpighi Policlinic, Medical University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. discioscio@aosp.bo.it
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Scioscio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zompatori
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mistura
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montanari
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santilli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Luccaroni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sverzellati
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000151:congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002356:Cartilage / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed