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Open AccessIdiopathic dendriform pulmonary ossification as the phenotype of interstitial lung abnormalities: CT–pathologic correlation and prevalence
Idiopathic dendriform pulmonary ossification (DPO) is mostly asymptomatic, and detected incidentally in lung CT. There have been no reports on the precise CT–pathologic correlation and the prevalence of idiopa...
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Open AccessA prospective cohort study of periostin as a serum biomarker in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis treated with nintedanib
This study investigated the utility of periostin, a matricellular protein, as a prognostic biomarker in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) who received nintedanib. Monomeric and total periostin ...
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Open AccessValue of fat-suppressed T2-weighted imaging for predicting short-term pain relief after sclerotherapy for venous malformations in the extremities
This study aimed to evaluate the value of fat-suppressed T2-weighted imaging (FS-T2WI) for predicting short-term pain relief after polidocanol sclerotherapy for painful venous malformations (VMs) in the extrem...
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Open AccessClinical efficacy and safety of multipotent adult progenitor cells (invimestrocel) for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by pneumonia: a randomized, open-label, standard therapy–controlled, phase 2 multicenter study (ONE-BRIDGE)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening inflammatory lung injury with high mortality; no approved medication exists. Efficacy and safety of bone marrow–derived, allogeneic, multipotent...
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Open AccessAn observational cohort study of interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) in a large Japanese health screening population (Kumamoto ILA study in Japan: KILA-J)
Interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) are subtle or mild parenchymal abnormalities observed in more than 5% of the lungs on computed tomography (CT) scans in patients in whom interstitial lung disease was not...
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Open AccessCorrection: Early corticosteroid dose tapering in patients with acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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Open AccessUtility of non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in predicting preoperative clinical stage and prognosis in patients with thymic epithelial tumor
The purpose of this study was to find useful imaging features on non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that can divide patients with thymic epithelial tumor (TET) into clinical stage I-II and ...
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Open AccessSensitivity of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of different interstitial lung diseases
The accuracy of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) in each disease for pathological and multidisciplinary discussion (MDD) diagnosis is not yet established. Method: We investigated 431 patients who were cla...
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Open AccessEarly corticosteroid dose tapering in patients with acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Although corticosteroid therapy with dose tapering is the most commonly used treatment for acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF), there is no consensus on the tapering regimen. This stud...
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Open AccessClinical phenotypes from fatal cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by pneumonia
There have been no report of objective clinical characteristics or prognostic factors that predict fatal outcome of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) since the Berlin definition was published. The aim...
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Computed tomography findings of current nonspecific interstitial pneumonia based on the 2013 updated classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: What is a characteristic of previously diagnosed nonspecific interstitial pneumonia excluded from the updated classification
To evaluate computed tomography (CT) findings of nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) based on the current classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) and elucidate a characteristic of pre...
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Imaging features in patients with SAPHO/CRMO: a pictorial review
Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome and chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) have been described as disorders of chronic osteoarthritic inflammation frequently...
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High-resolution CT features distinguishing usual interstitial pneumonia pattern in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis from those with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Radiologic diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (CHP) presenting a usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) pattern is challenging. The aim of this study was to identify the high-resolution CT (HRCT) fi...
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Inter-observer agreement in identifying traction bronchiectasis on computed tomography: its improvement with the use of the additional criteria for chronic fibrosing interstitial pneumonia
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Clinical significance of patterns of increased [18F]-FDG uptake in the thyroid gland: a pictorial review
In the diagnosis and staging of oncologic patients, [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is well recognized as an important functional imaging modality. FDG-PET also has been used for c...
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Clinical spectrum and diagnostic pitfalls of multiple abnormal uptakes on bone scintigraphy
Bone scintigraphy with technetium-99m (99mTc)-labeled diphosphonates is one of the most frequently performed radionuclide procedures. Accumulation of 99mTc-labeled diphosphonate is well recognized to reflect cond...
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Drug-induced lung injury associated with sorafenib: analysis of all-patient post-marketing surveillance in Japan
Sorafenib is a multi-kinase inhibitor currently approved in Japan for unresectable and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma and unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. Although drug-induced lung injury has recent...
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Assessment of atherosclerosis in oncologic patients using 18F-fluoride PET/CT
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence, distribution, and relationship of 18F-fluoride uptake and arterial calcification in oncologic patients using 18F-fluoride PET/CT.
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Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: high-resolution CT scores predict mortality
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Organizing pneumonia associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection is known to produce infiltrative and/or nodular opacities that are often localized. A patient presented to us with diffuse centrilobular, peribronchovascular, and perilobular opaci...
