Pediatr Allergy Respir Dis.
1997 Sep;7(2):293-298.
Three Cases of High-resolution Computed Tomography in Childhood Asthma
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Chunan, Korea.
- 2Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Chunan, Korea.
Abstract
- Asthma is a common disease in children. However, CT findings in childhood asthma are rarely reported. Several authors reported CT findings in adult: bronchial wall thickening, bronchiectasis, mucoid impaction, acinar pattern, lobar or subsegmental collapse, air-trapping, or emphysema. We have studied three cases of HRCT findings in childhood asthma, and HRCT findings included bronchial wall thickening, bronchial dilatation, patchy air-space consolidation, ill-defined acinar nodules, centrilobular nodule, subsegmental atelectasis, and multiple focal areas of lobular air-trapping or mosaic perfusion pattern. These above findings are similar to those of adult. A Brief review of related literature was presented.
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