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Radiol Clin North Am 1991 Sep;29(5):973-982

Pulmonary angiitis and granulomatosis.
Staples CA

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

The presentation of a patient with multiple pulmonary nodules with or without cavitation and often with signs of a multisystemic vasculitis should suggest one of the pulmonary angiitis and granulomatosis syndromes. The five conditions traditionally considered together in the category of pulmonary angiitis and granulomatosis differ widely in their cause and pathogenesis and are more appropriately considered as variants or relatives of other processes. The radiologic features of this group of diseases, however, are similar, and it is useful to still consider them together. Table 1 summarizes the radiologic features of these conditions.

MeSH Terms:

Bronchial Diseases/radiography Churg-Strauss Syndrome/radiography Granuloma/radiography* Human Lung/radiography Lung Diseases/radiography* Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis/radiography Necrosis Sarcoidosis/radiography* Vasculitis/radiography* Wegener's Granulomatosis/radiography

PMID: 1871265, MUID: 91334744

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