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Lung Hyperlucency
Lung Hyperlucency
- Source :
- Chest; January 2020, Vol. 157 Issue: 1 p119-141, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Areas of diminished lung density are frequently identified both on routine chest radiographs and chest CT examinations. Colloquially referred to as hyperlucent foci of lung, a broad range of underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms and differential diagnoses account for these changes. Despite this, the spectrum of etiologies can be categorized into underlying parenchymal, airway, and vascular-related entities. The purpose of this review is to provide a practical diagnostic algorithmic approach to pulmonary hyperlucencies incorporating clinical history and characteristic imaging patterns to narrow the differential.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00123692 and 19313543
- Volume :
- 157
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Chest
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs50675440
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2019.06.037