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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Ali Poyan Mehr, M.D. [2]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Krzysztof Wierzbicki M.D. [3]

Overview

Chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Microscopic polyangiitis. Findings on CT scan suggestive of/diagnostic of Microscopic polyangiitis include nodules, cavitation, and alveolar opacities,airway inflammation and stenotic lesions.

CT

  • Chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Microscopic polyangiitis. Findings on CT scan suggestive of/diagnostic of Microscopic polyangiitis include[1][2]
  • Undetected Nodules especially behind the diaphragm.
  • Cavitation.
  • Alveolar opacities.
  • Airway inflammation and stenotic lesions.
  • Pleural-based lesions.

References

  1. Feragalli B, Mantini C, Sperandeo M, Galluzzo M, Belcaro G, Tartaro A, Cotroneo AR (2016). "The lung in systemic vasculitis: radiological patterns and differential diagnosis". Br J Radiol. 89 (1061): 20150992. doi:10.1259/bjr.20150992. PMC 4985478. PMID 26876879.
  2. Castañer E, Alguersuari A, Gallardo X, Andreu M, Pallardó Y, Mata JM, Ramírez J (January 2010). "When to suspect pulmonary vasculitis: radiologic and clinical clues". Radiographics. 30 (1): 33–53. doi:10.1148/rg.301095103. PMID 20083584.

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