Xiao-Ling Wen1,2, Rui Shi1, Ying-Kun Guo3, Yuan Li1, Yi Shu1, Xian-Chao Yu2, Qian-Chi Yu2, Si-Shi Tang4, Zhi-Gang Yang5. 1. Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37# Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China. 2. Department of Radiology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China. 3. Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, 20# South Renmin Road, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China. 4. Department of Radiology, Chengdu Fifth People's Hospital, Chengdu, 611100, Sichuan, China. 5. Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, 37# Guo Xue Xiang, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, China. yangzg666@163.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To investigate the different imaging features of contrast-enhanced multidetector-row-computed tomography (MDCT) for distinguishing between silicosis and tuberculosis involving the mediastinal lymph nodes. METHODS: 86 silicosis patients and 61 tuberculosis patients with mediastinal lymphadenopathy based on contrast-enhanced MDCT were included. The enhanced patterns, anatomical distribution and calcification features of the enlarged lymph nodes were retrospectively compared between the groups using the Pearson chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. RESULTS: Homogeneous enhancement of the mediastinal lymph nodes was more commonly observed in silicosis (94.2%, 81/86) than in tuberculosis (19.7%, 12/61). Peripheral enhancement was more frequent in tuberculosis (n = 44, 72.1%) than in silicosis involving the mediastinal lymph nodes (n = 1, 1.2%), and multilocular appearance was more frequent in TB than in silicosis. Tuberculosis was more likely to affect regions 1R, 2R, 2L, 3A, 5 and 6 than silicosis (all p < 0.05), especially region 2R. Calcification of the lymph nodes was more common in the silicosis group than in tuberculosis group. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of silicosis with lymphadenopathy with homogeneous enhanced pattern were 94.2%, 80.3% and 88.4%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of tuberculosis lymphadenopathy with peripheral enhanced pattern were 72.1%, 98.8%, and 87.7%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The predominant enhanced patterns, anatomical distribution, and calcification features of mediastinal lymph nodes were different between tuberculosis and silicosis. These radiographic features might help differentiate tuberculosis from silicosis, which provides imaging information for the differential diagnosis of the two diseases in a clinical setting.
PURPOSE: To investigate the different imaging features of contrast-enhanced multidetector-row-computed tomography (MDCT) for distinguishing between silicosis and tuberculosis involving the mediastinal lymph nodes. METHODS: 86 silicosis patients and 61 tuberculosis patients with mediastinal lymphadenopathy based on contrast-enhanced MDCT were included. The enhanced patterns, anatomical distribution and calcification features of the enlarged lymph nodes were retrospectively compared between the groups using the Pearson chi-square test or Fisher's exact test. RESULTS: Homogeneous enhancement of the mediastinal lymph nodes was more commonly observed in silicosis (94.2%, 81/86) than in tuberculosis (19.7%, 12/61). Peripheral enhancement was more frequent in tuberculosis (n = 44, 72.1%) than in silicosis involving the mediastinal lymph nodes (n = 1, 1.2%), and multilocular appearance was more frequent in TB than in silicosis. Tuberculosis was more likely to affect regions 1R, 2R, 2L, 3A, 5 and 6 than silicosis (all p < 0.05), especially region 2R. Calcification of the lymph nodes was more common in the silicosis group than in tuberculosis group. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of silicosis with lymphadenopathy with homogeneous enhanced pattern were 94.2%, 80.3% and 88.4%, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of tuberculosis lymphadenopathy with peripheral enhanced pattern were 72.1%, 98.8%, and 87.7%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The predominant enhanced patterns, anatomical distribution, and calcification features of mediastinal lymph nodes were different between tuberculosis and silicosis. These radiographic features might help differentiate tuberculosis from silicosis, which provides imaging information for the differential diagnosis of the two diseases in a clinical setting.
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