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Computed tomography differentiation between cystic bronchiectasis and bullae
L Marti-Bonmati1, F J Catala, F Ruiz Perales
1Department of Radiology, Hospital Dr Peset, Valencia, Spain.
Journal of Thoracic Imaging
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
Bronchiectatic lung cysts are larger on inspiration than on expiration. Bullae do not change in size during the different phases of respiration. By adding expiratory CT scans when cystic lung lesions are found, it is possible to distinguish bronchiectatic cysts from bullae.

