High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images defined reticulo-nodullar opacities in lower zone of the lung bilaterally consistant with pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis
- Author:
Nguyen Truong Giang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Lung Neoplasms
- MeSH:
Lung Neoplasms;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2005;505(3):92-94
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A 51 year old female with left breast carcinoma underwnet mastectomy, radiotherapy and has had chemotherapy for two years. Chest X-ray (CXR) film showed the linear pattern in the peripheri of both lungs. High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images defined reticulo-nodullar opacities in lower zone of the lung bilaterally consistant with pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis. In summary, HRCT of the lung is a modality can define and characterize difuse lung lesions, in particularly, pulmonary lymphangitic carcinomatosis.
