OBJECTIVE: Recent technical advances, including the routine use of CT thin sections and techniques such as 2D minimum-intensity-projection and 3D volume images, have increased our ability to detect large airways diseases. Furthermore, dedicated CT protocols allow the evaluation of dynamic airway dysfunction. CONCLUSION: With diseases of the large airways more commonly seen in daily practice, it is important that radiologists be familiar with the appearances, differential diagnosis, and clinical implications of these entities.
OBJECTIVE: Recent technical advances, including the routine use of CT thin sections and techniques such as 2D minimum-intensity-projection and 3D volume images, have increased our ability to detect large airways diseases. Furthermore, dedicated CT protocols allow the evaluation of dynamic airway dysfunction. CONCLUSION: With diseases of the large airways more commonly seen in daily practice, it is important that radiologists be familiar with the appearances, differential diagnosis, and clinical implications of these entities.
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CT; chest radiography; large airways disorders; tracheobronchomalacia
Authors: Elazir Barbosa Mota Di Puglia; Rosana Souza Rodrigues; Pedro Augusto Daltro; Arthur Soares Souza; Marilene Monteiro Paschoal; Ester Moraes Labrunie; Klaus Loureiro Irion; Bruno Hochhegger; Gláucia Zanetti; Edson Marchiori Journal: Radiol Bras Date: 2021 Jan-Feb