Pulmonary effects of synthetic marijuana: Chest radiography and CT findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 750-757

  Berkowitz, Eugene A ^a   Henry, Travis S ^a   Veeraraghavan, Srihari ^a   Staton, Gerald W ^a   Gal, Anthony A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Miliary micronodular pattern; Organizing pneumonia; Synthetic cannabinoids; Synthetic marijuana; Tree in bud pattern

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CANNABINOID; DESIGNER DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CANNABIS SMOKING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE CENTRILOBULAR NODULE; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; PNEUMONIA; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CANNABINOIDS; DESIGNER DRUGS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929643011     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.13138     Document Type: Article

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