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Open AccessPrimary immunodeficiency diseases of adults: a review of pulmonary complication imaging findings
Our objective in this review is to familiarize radiologists with the spectrum of initial and progressive CT manifestations of pulmonary complications observed in adult patients with primary immunodeficiency di...
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COVID-19 pneumonia: high diagnostic accuracy of chest CT in patients with intermediate clinical probability
To assess inter-reader agreements and diagnostic accuracy of chest CT to identify COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with intermediate clinical probability during an acute disease outbreak.
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Tocilizumab for Severe Worsening COVID-19 Pneumonia: a Propensity Score Analysis
High levels of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) correlate with disease severity in COVID-19. We hypothesized that tocilizumab (a recombinant humanized anti-IL-6 receptor) could improve outcomes in selected patients ...
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Open AccessImaging features and differential diagnoses of non-neoplastic diffuse mediastinal diseases
Acute or chronic non-neoplastic diffuse mediastinal diseases have multiple causes, degrees of severity, and a wide range of management. Some situations require emergency care while others do not need specific ...
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Serial automated quantitative CT analysis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: functional correlations and comparison with changes in visual CT scores
To determine whether computer-based CT quantitation of change can improve on visual change quantification of parenchymal features in IPF.
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Open AccessChronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis: identification of key prognostic determinants using automated CT analysis
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (CHP) has a variable disease course. Computer analysis of CT features was used to identify a subset of CHP patients with an outcome similar to patients with idiopathic pulm...
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Open AccessEvaluation of computer-based computer tomography stratification against outcome models in connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease: a patient outcome study
To evaluate computer-based computer tomography (CT) analysis (CALIPER) against visual CT scoring and pulmonary function tests (PFTs) when predicting mortality in patients with connective tissue disease-related...
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Non-langerhans Cell Histiocytosis-Including Erdheim-Chester Disease- and the Lung
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare form of non–Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis that may present with pulmonary involvement. The disease was first described as the “lipoid granulomatose” in 1930. Between th...
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Erdheim-Chester disease: CT findings of thoracic involvement
To retrospectively assess the association of mediastinal, cardiovascular and pleuropulmonary findings on chest CT of 40 patients with immunohistochemically and histologically proven Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD).
