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Silicoproteinosis: high-resolution CT findings in 13 patients
Edson Marchiori1, Carolina Althoff Souza, Tatiana Gontijo Barbassa
1Department of Radiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|November 22, 2007
Abstract
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the high-resolution CT findings of silicoproteinosis.
Conclusion:
Silicoproteinosis usually manifests as bilateral consolidation in the posterior portions of the lungs and as numerous centrilobular nodules. Calcification within areas of consolidation is a common finding.
