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==Overview==
==Overview==


HRCT scan have a high specificity in the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. It is particularly helpful to detect pleural findings. <ref name="pmid14576443">{{cite journal| author=Copley SJ, Wells AU, Sivakumaran P, Rubens MB, Lee YC, Desai SR | display-authors=etal| title=Asbestosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: comparison of thin-section CT features. | journal=Radiology | year= 2003 | volume= 229 | issue= 3 | pages= 731-6 | pmid=14576443 | doi=10.1148/radiol.2293020668 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14576443  }} </ref><ref name="pmid1987601">{{cite journal| author=Akira M, Yokoyama K, Yamamoto S, Higashihara T, Morinaga K, Kita N | display-authors=etal| title=Early asbestosis: evaluation with high-resolution CT. | journal=Radiology | year= 1991 | volume= 178 | issue= 2 | pages= 409-16 | pmid=1987601 | doi=10.1148/radiology.178.2.1987601 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1987601  }} </ref>
[[High Resolution CT|HRCT]] scan have a high [[specificity]] in the diagnosis of [[pneumoconiosis]]. It is particularly helpful to detect [[pleural]] findings. <ref name="pmid14576443">{{cite journal| author=Copley SJ, Wells AU, Sivakumaran P, Rubens MB, Lee YC, Desai SR | display-authors=etal| title=Asbestosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: comparison of thin-section CT features. | journal=Radiology | year= 2003 | volume= 229 | issue= 3 | pages= 731-6 | pmid=14576443 | doi=10.1148/radiol.2293020668 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=14576443  }} </ref><ref name="pmid1987601">{{cite journal| author=Akira M, Yokoyama K, Yamamoto S, Higashihara T, Morinaga K, Kita N | display-authors=etal| title=Early asbestosis: evaluation with high-resolution CT. | journal=Radiology | year= 1991 | volume= 178 | issue= 2 | pages= 409-16 | pmid=1987601 | doi=10.1148/radiology.178.2.1987601 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=1987601  }} </ref>


==CT scan==
==CT scan==


HRCT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. Findings on CT scan suggestive of/diagnostic of pneumoconiosis include:
[[High Resolution CT|HRCT]] scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of [[pneumoconiosis]]. Findings on [[CT scan]] suggestive of/diagnostic of [[pneumoconiosis]] include:
*Silicosis: <ref name="pmid24568704">{{cite journal| author=Cox CW, Rose CS, Lynch DA| title=State of the art: Imaging of occupational lung disease. | journal=Radiology | year= 2014 | volume= 270 | issue= 3 | pages= 681-96 | pmid=24568704 | doi=10.1148/radiol.13121415 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24568704  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid11292205">{{cite journal| author=Marchiori E, Ferreira A, Müller NL| title=Silicoproteinosis: high-resolution CT and histologic findings. | journal=J Thorac Imaging | year= 2001 | volume= 16 | issue= 2 | pages= 127-9 | pmid=11292205 | doi=10.1097/00005382-200104000-00012 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11292205  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid18195376">{{cite journal| author=Hansell DM, Bankier AA, MacMahon H, McLoud TC, Müller NL, Remy J| title=Fleischner Society: glossary of terms for thoracic imaging. | journal=Radiology | year= 2008 | volume= 246 | issue= 3 | pages= 697-722 | pmid=18195376 | doi=10.1148/radiol.2462070712 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18195376  }} </ref>
 
*[[Silicosis]]: <ref name="pmid24568704">{{cite journal| author=Cox CW, Rose CS, Lynch DA| title=State of the art: Imaging of occupational lung disease. | journal=Radiology | year= 2014 | volume= 270 | issue= 3 | pages= 681-96 | pmid=24568704 | doi=10.1148/radiol.13121415 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24568704  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid11292205">{{cite journal| author=Marchiori E, Ferreira A, Müller NL| title=Silicoproteinosis: high-resolution CT and histologic findings. | journal=J Thorac Imaging | year= 2001 | volume= 16 | issue= 2 | pages= 127-9 | pmid=11292205 | doi=10.1097/00005382-200104000-00012 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11292205  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid18195376">{{cite journal| author=Hansell DM, Bankier AA, MacMahon H, McLoud TC, Müller NL, Remy J| title=Fleischner Society: glossary of terms for thoracic imaging. | journal=Radiology | year= 2008 | volume= 246 | issue= 3 | pages= 697-722 | pmid=18195376 | doi=10.1148/radiol.2462070712 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18195376  }} </ref>
**Small rounded opacities
**Small rounded opacities
**Hyalinized nodules in the upper lobes
**Hyalinized [[nodules]] in the upper lobes
**Emphysema
**[[Emphysema]]
**Ground glass opacities  
**[[Ground glass opacification on CT|Ground glass opacities]]
**Interlobular thickening
**Interlobular thickening
*Asbestosis: <ref name="pmid2729755">{{cite journal| author=Staples CA, Gamsu G, Ray CS, Webb WR| title=High resolution computed tomography and lung function in asbestos-exposed workers with normal chest radiographs. | journal=Am Rev Respir Dis | year= 1989 | volume= 139 | issue= 6 | pages= 1502-8 | pmid=2729755 | doi=10.1164/ajrccm/139.6.1502 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2729755  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid2240845">{{cite journal| author=Müller NL, Miller RR| title=Computed tomography of chronic diffuse infiltrative lung disease. Part 1. | journal=Am Rev Respir Dis | year= 1990 | volume= 142 | issue= 5 | pages= 1206-15 | pmid=2240845 | doi=10.1164/ajrccm/142.5.1206 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2240845  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid3340770">{{cite journal| author=Aberle DR, Gamsu G, Ray CS, Feuerstein IM| title=Asbestos-related pleural and parenchymal fibrosis: detection with high-resolution CT. | journal=Radiology | year= 1988 | volume= 166 | issue= 3 | pages= 729-34 | pmid=3340770 | doi=10.1148/radiology.166.3.3340770 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3340770  }} </ref>
*[[Asbestosis]]: <ref name="pmid2729755">{{cite journal| author=Staples CA, Gamsu G, Ray CS, Webb WR| title=High resolution computed tomography and lung function in asbestos-exposed workers with normal chest radiographs. | journal=Am Rev Respir Dis | year= 1989 | volume= 139 | issue= 6 | pages= 1502-8 | pmid=2729755 | doi=10.1164/ajrccm/139.6.1502 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2729755  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid2240845">{{cite journal| author=Müller NL, Miller RR| title=Computed tomography of chronic diffuse infiltrative lung disease. Part 1. | journal=Am Rev Respir Dis | year= 1990 | volume= 142 | issue= 5 | pages= 1206-15 | pmid=2240845 | doi=10.1164/ajrccm/142.5.1206 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2240845  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid3340770">{{cite journal| author=Aberle DR, Gamsu G, Ray CS, Feuerstein IM| title=Asbestos-related pleural and parenchymal fibrosis: detection with high-resolution CT. | journal=Radiology | year= 1988 | volume= 166 | issue= 3 | pages= 729-34 | pmid=3340770 | doi=10.1148/radiology.166.3.3340770 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3340770  }} </ref>
**Pleural effusions
**[[Pleural effusion|Pleural effusions]]
**Pleural thickening
**Pleural thickening
**Fibrosis
**[[Fibrosis]]
**Honeycombing
**Honeycombing
**Pleural plaques
**Pleural plaques
*Berylliosis: <ref name="pmid21084914">{{cite journal| author=Sharma N, Patel J, Mohammed TL| title=Chronic beryllium disease: computed tomographic findings. | journal=J Comput Assist Tomogr | year= 2010 | volume= 34 | issue= 6 | pages= 945-8 | pmid=21084914 | doi=10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181ef214e | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21084914  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid12886131">{{cite journal| author=Naccache JM, Marchand-Adam S, Kambouchner M, Guillon F, Monnet I, Girard F | display-authors=etal| title=Ground-glass computed tomography pattern in chronic beryllium disease: pathologic substratum and evolution. | journal=J Comput Assist Tomogr | year= 2003 | volume= 27 | issue= 4 | pages= 496-500 | pmid=12886131 | doi=10.1097/00004728-200307000-00007 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12886131  }} </ref>
*[[Berylliosis]]: <ref name="pmid21084914">{{cite journal| author=Sharma N, Patel J, Mohammed TL| title=Chronic beryllium disease: computed tomographic findings. | journal=J Comput Assist Tomogr | year= 2010 | volume= 34 | issue= 6 | pages= 945-8 | pmid=21084914 | doi=10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181ef214e | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21084914  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid12886131">{{cite journal| author=Naccache JM, Marchand-Adam S, Kambouchner M, Guillon F, Monnet I, Girard F | display-authors=etal| title=Ground-glass computed tomography pattern in chronic beryllium disease: pathologic substratum and evolution. | journal=J Comput Assist Tomogr | year= 2003 | volume= 27 | issue= 4 | pages= 496-500 | pmid=12886131 | doi=10.1097/00004728-200307000-00007 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12886131  }} </ref>
**HRCT can be normal in positive cases in 25% of patients.
**[[HRCT]] can be normal in positive cases in 25% of patients.
**Parenchymal nodules
**[[Parenchymal]] [[nodules]]
**Ground glass opacities
**[[Ground glass opacification on CT|Ground glass opacities]]
**Bronchial wall thickened
**[[Bronchial|Bronchial wall]] thickened
**Adenopathy
**[[Adenopathy]]
**Septal lines thickened
**Septal lines thickened
*Coal Worker's Pneumoconiosis: <ref name="pmid12886131">{{cite journal| author=Naccache JM, Marchand-Adam S, Kambouchner M, Guillon F, Monnet I, Girard F | display-authors=etal| title=Ground-glass computed tomography pattern in chronic beryllium disease: pathologic substratum and evolution. | journal=J Comput Assist Tomogr | year= 2003 | volume= 27 | issue= 4 | pages= 496-500 | pmid=12886131 | doi=10.1097/00004728-200307000-00007 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12886131  }} </ref>
*Coal Worker's [[Pneumoconiosis]]: <ref name="pmid12886131">{{cite journal| author=Naccache JM, Marchand-Adam S, Kambouchner M, Guillon F, Monnet I, Girard F | display-authors=etal| title=Ground-glass computed tomography pattern in chronic beryllium disease: pathologic substratum and evolution. | journal=J Comput Assist Tomogr | year= 2003 | volume= 27 | issue= 4 | pages= 496-500 | pmid=12886131 | doi=10.1097/00004728-200307000-00007 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12886131  }} </ref>
**Honeycombing
**Honeycombing
**Reticular opacities
**[[Reticular]] opacities
*Hard Metal Pneumoconiosis: <ref name="pmid24674995">{{cite journal| author=Tanaka J, Moriyama H, Terada M, Takada T, Suzuki E, Narita I | display-authors=etal| title=An observational study of giant cell interstitial pneumonia and lung fibrosis in hard metal lung disease. | journal=BMJ Open | year= 2014 | volume= 4 | issue= 3 | pages= e004407 | pmid=24674995 | doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004407 | pmc=3975739 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24674995  }} </ref>
*[[Hard Metal Fibrosis|Hard Metal Pneumoconiosis]]: <ref name="pmid24674995">{{cite journal| author=Tanaka J, Moriyama H, Terada M, Takada T, Suzuki E, Narita I | display-authors=etal| title=An observational study of giant cell interstitial pneumonia and lung fibrosis in hard metal lung disease. | journal=BMJ Open | year= 2014 | volume= 4 | issue= 3 | pages= e004407 | pmid=24674995 | doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004407 | pmc=3975739 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=24674995  }} </ref>
**Ground glass opacities
**[[Ground glass opacification on CT|Ground glass]] opacities
**Reticular opacities
**[[Reticular]] opacities


==References==
==References==

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Overview

HRCT scan have a high specificity in the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. It is particularly helpful to detect pleural findings. [1][2]

CT scan

HRCT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of pneumoconiosis. Findings on CT scan suggestive of/diagnostic of pneumoconiosis include:

References

  1. ↑ Copley SJ, Wells AU, Sivakumaran P, Rubens MB, Lee YC, Desai SR; et al. (2003). "Asbestosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: comparison of thin-section CT features". Radiology. 229 (3): 731–6. doi:10.1148/radiol.2293020668. PMID 14576443.
  2. ↑ Akira M, Yokoyama K, Yamamoto S, Higashihara T, Morinaga K, Kita N; et al. (1991). "Early asbestosis: evaluation with high-resolution CT". Radiology. 178 (2): 409–16. doi:10.1148/radiology.178.2.1987601. PMID 1987601.
  3. ↑ Cox CW, Rose CS, Lynch DA (2014). "State of the art: Imaging of occupational lung disease". Radiology. 270 (3): 681–96. doi:10.1148/radiol.13121415. PMID 24568704.
  4. ↑ Marchiori E, Ferreira A, Müller NL (2001). "Silicoproteinosis: high-resolution CT and histologic findings". J Thorac Imaging. 16 (2): 127–9. doi:10.1097/00005382-200104000-00012. PMID 11292205.
  5. ↑ Hansell DM, Bankier AA, MacMahon H, McLoud TC, Müller NL, Remy J (2008). "Fleischner Society: glossary of terms for thoracic imaging". Radiology. 246 (3): 697–722. doi:10.1148/radiol.2462070712. PMID 18195376.
  6. ↑ Staples CA, Gamsu G, Ray CS, Webb WR (1989). "High resolution computed tomography and lung function in asbestos-exposed workers with normal chest radiographs". Am Rev Respir Dis. 139 (6): 1502–8. doi:10.1164/ajrccm/139.6.1502. PMID 2729755.
  7. ↑ Müller NL, Miller RR (1990). "Computed tomography of chronic diffuse infiltrative lung disease. Part 1". Am Rev Respir Dis. 142 (5): 1206–15. doi:10.1164/ajrccm/142.5.1206. PMID 2240845.
  8. ↑ Aberle DR, Gamsu G, Ray CS, Feuerstein IM (1988). "Asbestos-related pleural and parenchymal fibrosis: detection with high-resolution CT". Radiology. 166 (3): 729–34. doi:10.1148/radiology.166.3.3340770. PMID 3340770.
  9. ↑ Sharma N, Patel J, Mohammed TL (2010). "Chronic beryllium disease: computed tomographic findings". J Comput Assist Tomogr. 34 (6): 945–8. doi:10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181ef214e. PMID 21084914.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Naccache JM, Marchand-Adam S, Kambouchner M, Guillon F, Monnet I, Girard F; et al. (2003). "Ground-glass computed tomography pattern in chronic beryllium disease: pathologic substratum and evolution". J Comput Assist Tomogr. 27 (4): 496–500. doi:10.1097/00004728-200307000-00007. PMID 12886131.
  11. ↑ Tanaka J, Moriyama H, Terada M, Takada T, Suzuki E, Narita I; et al. (2014). "An observational study of giant cell interstitial pneumonia and lung fibrosis in hard metal lung disease". BMJ Open. 4 (3): e004407. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004407. PMC 3975739. PMID 24674995.

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