[High-resolution computed tomography patterns of organizing pneumonia]

Arch Bronconeumol. 2006 Aug;42(8):413-6. doi: 10.1016/s1579-2129(06)60557-0.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Organizing pneumonia is an uncommon lung disease with a wide variety of radiologic findings, few of which have been discussed in the literature. We performed high resolution computed tomography on 34 patients with a histological diagnosis of organizing pneumonia and studied the images they presented. Twenty-five of the cases were idiopathic and 9 secondary. The findings observed were parenchymal consolidation (76%), ground glass opacity (59%), bronchial dilatation (53%), centrilobular nodules (35%), septal thickening (23%), halo sign (15%), and reversed halo sign (12%). Secondary cases presented more findings of septal thickening and fewer complete remissions.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*