Silicoproteinosis: high-resolution CT findings in 13 patients

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 Dec;189(6):1402-6. doi: 10.2214/AJR.07.2402.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the high-resolution CT findings of silicoproteinosis.

Conclusion: Silicoproteinosis usually manifests as bilateral consolidation in the posterior portions of the lungs and as numerous centrilobular nodules. Calcification within areas of consolidation is a common finding.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / pathology*
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Silicosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Silicosis / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*