Pralong Jacques-André, Martins-Favre Martina, Howarth Nigel, Montet Xavier, Rochat Thierry
Service de pneumologie, HUG, 1211 Genève 14.
Rev Med Suisse. 2009 Nov 18;5(226):2336-43.
Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases can have various clinical and radiological presentations. The high-resolution CT scan has a central role in the diagnostic process of an interstitial disease. As a first step in the analysis of such an exam, one has to look for the major radiological sign and then to describe it to build a differential diagnosis in order to guide the management. The goal of this article is to illustrate this approach with examples of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases.
