Pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis: A comparative study of computed tomography in children and adults

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-70

  Seely, Jean M ^a   Salahudeen Sr , Shafeeq ^b   Cadaval Goncalves, Andrea T ^a   Jamieson, Douglas H ^c   Dennie, Carole J ^a   Matzinger, Fred R ^a   Souza, Carolina A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Canada)

^c BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

computed tomography; costophrenic angle sparing; pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CYST; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84855190535     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181f49eb6     Document Type: Article

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