Duygu Temiz Karadag1, Ozgur Cakir2, Senar San3, Ayten Yazici3, Ercument Ciftci2, Ayse Cefle3. 1. Department of Rheumatology, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey. dr_dtemiz@hotmail.com. 2. Department of Radiology, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey. 3. Department of Rheumatology, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim was to investigate the discriminative value of a wide range of quantitative computed tomography (qCT) parameters in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with and without pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and their association with pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and visual fibrosis scores (VFS). METHOD: Thoracic high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images of SSc patients with and without PF were analyzed with Vitrea® Advanced Visualization software. The mean lung attenuation (MLA), skewness, kurtosis, and threshold-based volumes [low-density volume (LDV), medium-density volume (MDV), and high-density volume (HDV)] derived from the attenuation histograms of the right and left lungs were evaluated separately. Visual scores were measured semi-quantitatively and the overall extent of pulmonary parenchymal abnormality was calculated. RESULTS: Forty-one SSc patients with PF (85.4% female; mean age 50.4 ± 15.6 years) were compared with 94 without PF (88.3% female; mean age 50 ± 11.5 years). All qCT parameters were significantly different between those with and without PF (p < 0.05). Amongst the qCT measurements, R-MLA, L-MLA, R-MDV, L-MDV, and left total lung volume (L-TLV) correlated with all three of forced vital capacity, carbon monoxide diffusion capacity, and VFS, even after adjustment for sex and age (|r|> 0.300 and p < 0.05). R-MLA, L-MLA, R-HDV/TLV, and L-HDV/TLV exhibited diagnostic accuracy in discriminating patients with PF (AUC value > 0.7). CONCLUSION: QCT parameters differentiated SSc patients with PF from the ones without and showed a good correlation with VFS. With the application of user-friendly and less operator-dependent software, qCT analysis may become an objective tool for analysis of PF in SSc, complementary to PFTs and VFS. Key Points • Quantitative computed tomography parameters can accurately and objectively differentiate between SSc patients with and without PF. • Furthermore, in SSc patients with fibrosis, a moderate to a high correlation was identified between many of the qCT parameters, PFT results, and VFS.
OBJECTIVES: The aim was to investigate the discriminative value of a wide range of quantitative computed tomography (qCT) parameters in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with and without pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and their association with pulmonary function tests (PFTs) and visual fibrosis scores (VFS). METHOD: Thoracic high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) images of SSc patients with and without PF were analyzed with Vitrea® Advanced Visualization software. The mean lung attenuation (MLA), skewness, kurtosis, and threshold-based volumes [low-density volume (LDV), medium-density volume (MDV), and high-density volume (HDV)] derived from the attenuation histograms of the right and left lungs were evaluated separately. Visual scores were measured semi-quantitatively and the overall extent of pulmonary parenchymal abnormality was calculated. RESULTS: Forty-one SSc patients with PF (85.4% female; mean age 50.4 ± 15.6 years) were compared with 94 without PF (88.3% female; mean age 50 ± 11.5 years). All qCT parameters were significantly different between those with and without PF (p < 0.05). Amongst the qCT measurements, R-MLA, L-MLA, R-MDV, L-MDV, and left total lung volume (L-TLV) correlated with all three of forced vital capacity, carbon monoxide diffusion capacity, and VFS, even after adjustment for sex and age (|r|> 0.300 and p < 0.05). R-MLA, L-MLA, R-HDV/TLV, and L-HDV/TLV exhibited diagnostic accuracy in discriminating patients with PF (AUC value > 0.7). CONCLUSION: QCT parameters differentiated SSc patients with PF from the ones without and showed a good correlation with VFS. With the application of user-friendly and less operator-dependent software, qCT analysis may become an objective tool for analysis of PF in SSc, complementary to PFTs and VFS. Key Points • Quantitative computed tomography parameters can accurately and objectively differentiate between SSc patients with and without PF. • Furthermore, in SSc patients with fibrosis, a moderate to a high correlation was identified between many of the qCT parameters, PFT results, and VFS.
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