Imperial College London
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DrSimonPadley

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

Professor of Practice (Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
 
 
 
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CT ReportingSydney StreetRoyal Brompton Campus

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@article{Padley:1996:10.1016/s0009-9260(96)80011-0,
author = {Padley, SPG and Padhani, AR and Nicholson, A and Hansell, DM},
doi = {10.1016/s0009-9260(96)80011-0},
journal = {Brain and Language},
pages = {807--810},
title = {Pulmonary sarcoidosis mimicking cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis on CT},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0009-9260(96)80011-0},
volume = {51},
year = {1996}
}
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AB  - Aim: The high resolution CT (HRCT) characteristics of fibrosing alveolitis and sarcoidosis are well established, and HRCT has been shown to have a high diagnostic accuracy in these two conditions. We report two cases of sarcoidosis with features in common with the usual appearances of cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA). Patients and methods: Two adult male patients with sarcoidosis established by transbronchial biopsy or open lung biopsy who had undergone HRCT scanning were reviewed. At presentation both cases had an atypical pattern of radiological abnormality more in keeping with the features of CFA. Two observers independently assessed the CT scans for accepted features of CFA and sarcoidosis. Results: In both cases CFA was the most likely radiological diagnosis based on the accepted HRCT criteria for this condition. In neither patient were the appearances suggestive of sarcoidosis. In both cases the predominant distribution of abnormality was peripheral, subpleural and in the lower lung zones rather than peribronchial, central and in the mid and upper lung zones. Nodular opacities were not present in either case. Conclusion: HRCT is an accurate and reliable method of suggesting or confirming the diagnosis of CFA and sarcoidosis. In a very small number of cases, sarcoidosis may produce HRCT appearances almost identical to CFA. © 1996 The Royal College of Radiologists.
AU  - Padley,SPG
AU  - Padhani,AR
AU  - Nicholson,A
AU  - Hansell,DM
DO  - 10.1016/s0009-9260(96)80011-0
EP  - 810
PY  - 1996///
SN  - 0093-934X
SP  - 807
TI  - Pulmonary sarcoidosis mimicking cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis on CT
T2  - Brain and Language
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0009-9260(96)80011-0
VL  - 51
ER  -
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