title: Review of Thoracic Imaging Findings Unique to Women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Traditionally, indications for imaging studies of women are considered to be related to screening for and evaluation of disease of the female breast and pelvis. However, a number of chest diseases and associated intrathoracic imaging findings are unique to women and should be recognized by general radiologists, as well as chest and women-imaging specialists.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sex-specific findings unique to women include normal anatomical variants, primary lung disease, complications of breast and gynaecological disease, and pregnancy-related conditions. Classification, description, and illustration of gender-specific chest imaging findings are the objective of this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: khashper@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khashper
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Discepola
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Semionov
mesh_terms: D059925:Anatomic Landmarks; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Gender specific findings; Thoracic imaging; Women chest; Women imaging