A 62-year-old asymptomatic woman was referred for an abdominal multidetector CT (MDCT) scan to evaluate a renal angyomiolipoma. Upper MDCT images revealed multiple, bilateral pulmonary cystic lesion in the costo-phrenic sulci and a thin-section MDCT scan of the chest was consequently performed. Thin-section MDCT showed several thin-walled cysts uniformly distributed throughout the lung parenchyma consistent with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). This radiological approach secured a definite diagnosis of LAM, thus avoiding further invasive procedures.
Thoracic-abdominal MDCT: A one-stop-shop procedure for diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis / Sverzellati, Nicola; Spagnolo, Paolo; Harari, Sergio; DE FILIPPO, Massimo; Zompatori, Maurizio; Rossi, Cristina. - In: RESPIRATORY MEDICINE CME. - ISSN 1755-0017. - 3:(2010), pp. 218-219. [10.1016/j.rmedc.2009.12.003]
Thoracic-abdominal MDCT: A one-stop-shop procedure for diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis
SVERZELLATI, Nicola;DE FILIPPO, Massimo;ROSSI, Cristina
2010-01-01
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A 62-year-old asymptomatic woman was referred for an abdominal multidetector CT (MDCT) scan to evaluate a renal angyomiolipoma. Upper MDCT images revealed multiple, bilateral pulmonary cystic lesion in the costo-phrenic sulci and a thin-section MDCT scan of the chest was consequently performed. Thin-section MDCT showed several thin-walled cysts uniformly distributed throughout the lung parenchyma consistent with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). This radiological approach secured a definite diagnosis of LAM, thus avoiding further invasive procedures.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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