title: [Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases: clinical-radiological correlation].
abstract: Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases can have various clinical and radiological presentations. The high-resolution CT scan has a central role in the diagnostic process of an interstitial disease. As a first step in the analysis of such an exam, one has to look for the major radiological sign and then to describe it to build a differential diagnosis in order to guide the management. The goal of this article is to illustrate this approach with examples of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. jacques-andre.pralong@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Jacques-André
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pralong
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martins-Favre
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Howarth
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Montet
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rochat
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed