[Diffuse abnormalities of the trachea: computed tomography findings].
The aim of this pictorial essay was to present the main computed tomography findings seen in diffuse diseases of the trachea. The diseases studied included amyloidosis, tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica, tracheobronchomegaly, laryngotracheobronchial papillomatosis, lymphoma, neurofibromatosis, relapsing polychondritis, Wegener's granulomatosis, tuberculosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, and tracheobronchomalacia. The most common computed tomography finding was thickening of the walls of the trachea, with or without nodules, parietal calcifications, or involvement of the posterior wall. Although computed tomography allows the detection and characterization of diseases of the central airways, and the correlation with clinical data reduces the diagnostic possibilities, bronchoscopy with biopsy remains the most useful procedure for the diagnosis of diffuse lesions of the trachea.
Marchiori
Edson
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Departamento de Radiologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. edmarchiori@gmail.com
Pozes
Aline Serfaty
AS
Souza Junior
Arthur Soares
AS
Escuissato
Dante Luiz
DL
Irion
Klaus Loureiro
KL
Araujo Neto
César de
Cd
Barillo
Jorge Luiz
JL
Souza
Carolina Althoff
CA
Zanetti
Gláucia
G
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001706:Biopsy; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging