1. High-resolution CT findings in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome: a pattern-based approach.
- Author
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Chan MS, Chan IY, Fung KH, Poon E, Yam LY, and Lau KY
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Disease Progression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Remission Induction, Retrospective Studies, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome therapy, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Lung diagnostic imaging, Lung physiopathology, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome diagnostic imaging, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome physiopathology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Abstract
Objective: We retrospectively reviewed high-resolution CT (HRCT) examinations of the lungs performed in 27 confirmed cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The HRCT findings at different phases of the illness were analyzed., Conclusion: A defined pattern of HRCT findings is observed in different phases of SARS, which is characterized by focal ground-glass and crazy paving patterns in a scattered distribution at presentation, followed by development of interstitial thickening, consolidation, pleural reaction, and scarring. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a distinct complication during the course of the illness.
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- 2004
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