The role of spiral multidetector dynamic CT in the study of Williams-Campbell syndrome.
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.
Di Scioscio
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Department of Radiology, S Orsola-Malpighi Policlinic, Medical University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. discioscio@aosp.bo.it
Zompatori
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Mistura
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Montanari
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Santilli
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Luccaroni
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Sverzellati
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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