Multiple, thin-walled cysts are one of the HRCT features of airspace enlargement with fibrosis

Highlights • High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings of airspace enlargement with fibrosis (AEF), recently identified as a smoking related change. • Investigation was in 35 smokers. • They underwent lobectomy for lung cancer with pathological confirmation of AEF. • Multiple, thin-walled...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of radiology 2015-05, Vol.84 (5), p.986-992
Hauptverfasser:	Watanabe, Yasutaka, Kawabata, Yoshinori, Kanauchi, Tetsu, Hoshi, Eishin, Kurashima, Kazuyoshi, Koyama, Shinichiro, Colby, Thomas V
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Airspace enlargement with fibrosis Cysts - diagnostic imaging Cysts - pathology Female Granulation Tissue - pathology HRCT Humans Lung - diagnostic imaging Lung - pathology Lung Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging Lung Neoplasms - pathology Male Pneumonectomy Pulmonary Alveoli - pathology Pulmonary Fibrosis - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Fibrosis - pathology Radiology Reproducibility of Results Smoking Smoking - adverse effects Smoking-related interstitial lung disease Tomography, X-Ray Computed Usual interstitial pneumonia
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings of airspace enlargement with fibrosis (AEF), recently identified as a smoking related change. • Investigation was in 35 smokers. • They underwent lobectomy for lung cancer with pathological confirmation of AEF. • Multiple, thin-walled cysts are one of the HRCT features of AEF.
ISSN:	0720-048X 1872-7727
DOI:	10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.01.015