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
