Imaging Findings of Interstitial Lung Disease Using High Resolution Multi-Detector CT,
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Imaging Findings of Interstitial Lung Disease Using High Resolution Multi-Detector CT, AHMED A. ISMAIL and EMAN SHABL
Abstract
Purpose: Aim of this study was to assess the different imaging findings of some interstitial lung diseases using high resolution multi-detectors CT.
Patients and Methods: This study was carried out between May 2010 and June 2012. Thirty cases of chest patients suspected to have interstitial lung disease (ILD) by clinical, laboratory, and X-ray examinations. The patients age range 18-68 years old. High resolution CT was done for all cases using 64 Multi-detector scanners (MDCT).
Results: In this study the highest cause percentage among the intestinal lung diseases were the idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (30%), followed by sarcoidosis (16.7%), Alveolar proteinosis (10%), idiopathic fibrosis (10%), hypersensitivity pneumonitis (10%), silicosis (6.7%), and Langerhan's cell histocytosis (6.7%), Drug induced interstitial LD (6.7%), and the lowest frequent disease was lymphangitis carcinomatosis (3.3%). MDCT findings included the pattern of parenchymal abnormalities (The linear, reticular, nodular opacities, ground glass, honey combing, cystic lesions and mosaic appearance). The distributions and location of the findings were reported. The Linear opacities and ground glass opacities (GGO) were the most frequent findings in 15 & 13 of the patient (50% & 43.3%) respectively.
Conclusion: Multi-detector CT is of great importance in better detection and assessment of the distribution and char-acterization of different findings of the interstitial lung diseases (ILDs).