Is high-resolution computed tomography a reliable tool to predict the histopathological activity of pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 264-270

  Soler, Paul ^a,b,c,d,e   Bergeron, Anne ^a,b,c,d,e   Kambouchner, Marianne ^a,b,c,d,e   Groussard, Odile ^a,b,c,d,e   Brauner, Michel ^a,b,c,d,e   Grenier, Philippe ^a,b,c,d,e   Crestani, Bruno ^a,b,c,d,e   Mal, Hervé ^a,b,c,d,e   Tazi, Abdellatif ^a,b,c,d,e   Battesti, Jean Paul ^a,b,c,d,e   Loiseau, Paule ^a,b,c,d,e   Valeyre, Dominique ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CYST; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033939574     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.1.9906010     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. 1. Friedman, P. J., A. A. Liebow, and J, Sokoloff. 1981. Eosinophilic granuloma of lung: clinical aspects of primary pulmonary histocytosis in the adult. Medicine 60:386-396.
2. 2. Colby, T. V., and C. Lombard. 1983. Histiocytosi X in the lung. Human. Pathol. 14:847-856.
3. 3. Travis, W. D., Z. Borok, J. H. Roum, J. Zhang, I. Feuerstein, V. J. Perrans, and R. G. Crystal. 1993. Pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis (histiocytosis X): a clinicopathologic study in 48 cases. Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 17:971-986.
4. 4. Soler, P., A, Tazi, and A. J. Hance. 1995. Pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis, Curr. Opin. Pulm. Med. 1:406-416.
5. 5. Brauner, M. W., P. Grenier, M. M. Mouelhi, D. Mompoint, and S. Lenoir. 1989. Pulmonary histiocytosis X: evaluation with high-resolution CT. Radiology 172:255-258.
6. 6. Moore, A. D. A., J. D. Godwin, N. L Muller, D. P. Naidich, S. P. Hammar, D. L. Buschman, J. E. Takasugi, and C. R. R. de Carvalho. 1989. Pulmonary histiocytosis X: comparison of radiographic and CT findings. Radiology 172:249-254.
7. 7. Primack, S. L., T. E. Hartman, D. M. Hansell, and N. L. Müller. 1993. End-stage lung disease: CT findings in 61 patients. Radiology 189:681-686.
8. 8. Brauner, M., P. Grenier, K. Tijani, J. P. Battesti, and D. Valeyre, 1997, Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis: evolution of lesions on CT scans. Radiology 204:497-502.
9. 9. Grenier, P., D. Valeyre, P. Cluzel, M. W. Brauner, S. Lenoir, and C. Chastang, 1991. Chronic diffuse interstitial lung disease: diagnostic value of chest radiography and high-resolution CT. Radiology 179:123-132.
10. 10. Grenier, P., S. Chevret, C. Beigelman, M. W. Brauner, C. Thastang, and D. Valeyre. 1994. Thronic diffuse Infiltrative lung disease: determination of the diagnostic value of clinical data, chest radiography, and CT with Bayesian analysis, Radiology 191:383-390.
11. 11. Miller, R. R., N. Müller, S. Vedal, N. Morrison, and C. Staples, 1989. Limitations of computed tomography in the assessment of emphysema. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 139:980-983.
12. 12. Luddarme, O., E, Coche, P. Cluzel, I. Mourey-Gerosa, N. Howarth, and P, Grenier. 1998. Expiratory CT scans for chronic airway disease: correlation with pulmonary function test results. A.J.K. 170:301-307.
13. 13. Howarth, D. M., G. S. Gilchrist, B. P. Mullan, G. A, Wiseman, J. H. Edmonson, and P. J. Schomberg. 1999. Langerhans cell histiocytosis: diagnosis, natural history, management, and outcome. Cancer 85:2278-2290.
14. 14. Crystal, R. G., P. B. Bittterman, S. I. Rennard, A. J. Hance, and B. A. Keogh. 1984. Interstitial lung disease of unknown cause (second of two parts). N. Engl. J. Med. 310:235-244.
15. 15. Chollet, S., P. Soler, P. Dournovo, M. S. Richard, V. J. Ferrans, and F. Basset. 1984. Diagnosis of pulmonary histlocytosis X by immunodetection of Langerhans cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Am. J. Pathol. 115:225-232.
16. 16. Tuzi, A., L. Montcelly, A. Bergeron, D. Valeyre, J. P. Battesti, and A. J. Hance. 1998. Relapsing nodular lesions in the course of adult pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosls. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 157: 2007-2010.