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Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in the Piglet
Published on: November 4, 2015
Diagnosis of Grave's disease with pulmonary hypertension on chest CT
Hwa Yeon Lee1, Seung Min Yoo2, Hye Rin Kim2
1Smile Radiologic Clinic, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Objective:
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of chest CT findings to diagnose Grave's disease in pulmonary hypertension.
Methods:
We retrospectively evaluated chest CT and the medical records of 13 patients with Grave's disease with (n=6) or without pulmonary hypertension (n=7) and in 17 control patients.
Results:
Presence of iso-attenuation of diffusely enlarged thyroid glands compared with adjacent neck muscle on non-enhanced CT as a diagnostic clue of Grave's disease, and assessment of pulmonary hypertension on CT has high diagnostic accuracy.
Conclusion:
Chest CT has the potential to diagnose Grave's disease with pulmonary hypertension in the absence of other information.
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