Pulmonary cysts identified on chest CT: Are they part of aging change or of clinical significance?

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1156-1162

  Araki, Tetsuro ^a   Nishino, Mizuki ^a   Gao, Wei ^b   Dupuis, Josée ^b,c   Putman, Rachel K ^a   Washko, George R ^a   Hunninghake, Gary M ^a   O'Connor, George T ^c,d   Hatabu, Hiroto ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CYST; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; AGE; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CYST; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84958119906     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207653     Document Type: Article

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