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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indographics 2022; 01(01): 078-090
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1742578
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1742578
Review Article
Computed Tomography of Chest in Non-Infectious Granulomatous Lung Diseases: A Pictorial Essay
Abstract
Non-infectious granulomatous lung diseases represent a group of disorders with relatively non-specific clinical history and imaging findings. Following pathologies are enlisted, (1) Inflammatory: sarcoidosis and necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis (NSG); (2) Pulmonary lymphoid lesions: lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LYG) and granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (GLILD); (3) Aspiration/exposure: aspiration pneumonia, talcosis, berylliosis, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP); (4) Vasculitis: granulomatosis with polyangiitis and eosinophilic GPA (EGPA) (formerly called as Churg-Strauss syndrome); and (5) Collagen vascular disorders: rheumatoid lung nodules. Role of radiologist is to narrow the diagnosis combining the imaging findings with clinical findings thus following a multidisciplinary approach.
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19 September 2023
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