Thoracic Complications in Behçet’s Disease: Imaging Findings
Joint Authors
Korkmaz, Celalettin
Ödev, Kemal
Tunç, Recep
Varol, Salih
Aydemir, Harun
Yılmaz, Pınar Didem
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-05-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Behçet’s disease (BD) causes vascular inflammation and necrosis in a wide range of organs and tissues.
In the thorax, it may cause vascular complications, affecting the aorta, brachiocephalic arteries, bronchial arteries, pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, capillaries, and mediastinal and thoracic inlet veins.
In BD, chest radiograph is commonly used for the initial assessment of pulmonary symptoms and complications and for follow-up and establishment of the response to treatment.
With the advancement of helical or multislice computed tomography (CT) technologies, such noninvasive imaging techniques have been employed for the diagnosis of vascular lesions, vascular complications, and pulmonary parenchymal manifestations of BD.
CT scan (especially, CT angiography) has been used to determine the presence and severity of pulmonary complications without resorting to more invasive procedures, in conjunction with gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional (3D) gradient-echo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging with the subtraction of arterial phase images.
These radiologic methods have characteristics that are complementary to each other in diagnosis of the thoracic complications in BD.
3D ultrashort echo time (UTE) MR imaging (MRI) could potentially yield superior image quality for pulmonary vessels and lung parenchyma when compared with breath-hold 3D MR angiography.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ödev, Kemal& Tunç, Recep& Varol, Salih& Aydemir, Harun& Yılmaz, Pınar Didem& Korkmaz, Celalettin. 2020. Thoracic Complications in Behçet’s Disease: Imaging Findings. Canadian Respiratory Journal،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1152152
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ödev, Kemal…[et al.]. Thoracic Complications in Behçet’s Disease: Imaging Findings. Canadian Respiratory Journal No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1152152
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ödev, Kemal& Tunç, Recep& Varol, Salih& Aydemir, Harun& Yılmaz, Pınar Didem& Korkmaz, Celalettin. Thoracic Complications in Behçet’s Disease: Imaging Findings. Canadian Respiratory Journal. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1152152
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1152152