Tomas Franquet

..Recognition of the varied clinical and radiologic manifestations of these disease entities is imperative for prompt, accurate diagnosis, resulting in decreased morbidity and mortality rates...

..In this article, we illustrate and review the characteristic computed tomography and pathologic findings of the different manifestations of Aspergillus infection involving the airways...

..Combination of pattern recognition with knowledge of the clinical setting is the best approach to pulmonary infection occurring in the immunocompromised patients...

..The aim of this article is to assess the chest radiographs and CT imaging features of different opportunistic fungal infections in immunocompromised patients...

..To review the high-resolution computed tomography (CT) findings in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) recipients who had proven human metapneumovirus (HMPV) pneumonia...

..To retrospectively evaluate thin-section computed tomographic (CT) findings in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (ie, bone marrow transplant) patients with histopathologically proved pulmonary candidiasis...

..Combination of pattern recognition with knowledge of the clinical setting is the best approach to pulmonary infection occurring in the immunocompromised patients...

..To review the high-resolution computed tomography (CT) findings in immunocompromised patients who had nodular opacities and a proven diagnosis to determine whether the various infectious pulmonary nodules have distinguishing features on CT...

..One patient developed a bronchopleural fistula and spontaneous pyopneumothorax. CT is valuable for identifying and localizing complications to guide therapy...

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..The aim of this study was to evaluate the CT findings of pathologically proven necrotizing aspergillosis of the large airways (necrotizing Aspergillus bronchitis)...

..Moreover, expiratory HRCT is a helpful technique in demonstrating air trapping in these patients. The radiologist plays a significant role in the evaluation of pulmonary manifestations of connective tissue diseases...

..Although imaging findings in pulmonary aspergillosis may be nonspecific, in the appropriate clinical setting, familiarity with the CT findings may suggest or even help establish the diagnosis...

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..An awareness of the radiologic manifestations of these complications is thus required to facilitate early diagnosis...

..Centrilobular nodules and consolidation are more common in aspergillosis. The presence of halo sign or cavitation is not helpful in the differential diagnosis...

..Since coexisting lesions in the same cases have been observed, a better understanding of the different smoking-related interstitial lung diseases (SRILD) allows a more confident and specific diagnosis...

..In this retrospective study we have reviewed all consecutive cases of IPA diagnosed in adult patients with hematologic malignancies in our center from 1995 to 2000 to determine survival and prognostic factors...

..Magnetic resonance imaging after inhalation of distinct gases, such as (3)He and xenon-129 and dual-energy CT are also useful imaging techniques in the direct or indirect evaluation of the degree of airflow obstruction (air trapping)...

..The use of cryoprobes may enable larger size and better quality biopsy samples to be obtained. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of TBLB with cryoprobes and analyse the histological quality of samples obtained...

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..Although definitive diagnosis cannot be made on the basis of imaging features alone, the use of a combination of clinical and radiographic findings can substantially improve the accuracy of diagnosis in this disease...

..CONCLUSIONS: Thin-walled cysts can be seen in a small percentage of patients with subacute hypersensitivity pneumonitis. The cysts resemble those seen in lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, and their pathogenesis is uncertain...

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..To analyse the predominant radiological pattern of pulmonary lesions in adult hematologic patients at risk for invasive aspergillosis (IA) together with the results of serial serum Aspergillus galactomannan antigen testing (GM)...