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Imaging Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Published on: June 16, 2020
Imaging of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
1Department of Radiology, Kinki Central Hospital of Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers, Kurumazuka 3-1, Itami, Hyogo 664-8533, Japan. johkoh@sahs.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias are classified into acute interstitial pneumonia, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, usual interstitial pneumonia, desquamative interstitial pneumonia, respiratory bronchiolitis-associated interstitial lung disease, and lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. In this article, the imaging findings of each idiopathic interstitial pneumonia are described, paying special attention to the characteristic CT findings.
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