ArticleJournal of clinical immunology2016
Magnetic Resonance Imaging May Be a Valuable Radiation-Free Technique for Lung Pathologies in Patients with Primary Immunodeficiency.
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- Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis of granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease in patients with common variable immunodeficiency disorders: an ERS Clinical Research Collaboration.The European respiratory journal · 2026Guideline
- Diagnostic testing for interstitial lung disease in common variable immunodeficiency: a systematic review.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Pulmonary surveillance in inborn errors of immunity: current challenges and emerging approaches.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Sarcoidosis versus Granulomatous and Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease in Common Variable Immunodeficiency: A Comparative Review.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Primary immunodeficiency diseases of adults: a review of pulmonary complication imaging findings.European radiology · 2024Review
- Fractal dimension: analyzing its potential as a neuroimaging biomarker for brain tumor diagnosis using machine learning.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Chronic Lung Disease in Primary Antibody Deficiency: Diagnosis and Management.Immunology and allergy clinics of North America · 2020Review
- Bronchiectasis in Primary Antibody Deficiencies: A Multidisciplinary Approach.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
- Diagnostic accuracy of 3-T lung magnetic resonance imaging in human immunodeficiency virus-positive children.Pediatric radiology · 2020Article
- The broad spectrum of lung diseases in primary antibody deficiencies.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2018Review
- Otologic evaluation of patients with primary antibody deficiency.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2016Article
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Lungs as a Radiation-Free Technique for Lung Pathologies in Immunodeficient patients.Journal of clinical immunology · 2016Article
- Appearance of COVID-19 pneumonia on 1.5 T TrueFISP MRI.Radiologia brasileiraArticle
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Abstract
purposeIn some primary immunodeficiency (PID) patients, especially in the subgroup with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), radiosensitivity is a concern and avoidance of repeated radiation exposure has been recommended. To investigate the use of lung Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instead of Computed Tomography (CT) for the diagnosis and follow-up of various lesions in the lung parenchyma and airways, especially in PID patients in whom x-ray exposure should be limited.
methodsThe study enrolled 23 patients with PID who underwent thorax CT within the last 3 months and/or who will undergo initial radiological assessment. Lung MRI was performed in all patients to compare the pulmonary findings with CT images.
resultsMRI performance was weaker at detecting bronchiectasis extension, and a low concordance was found between MRI and CT in the assessment of the number of bronchial generations. CT better identified peripheral airway abnormalities, while CT and MRI gave similar results for detecting the presence and extension of consolidation, bullae, mucus plugging, bronchial wall thickening, bronchiectasis severity and nodules.
conclusionsDespite the low spatial resolution, higher cost, and low availability, we suggest MRI as a possible radiation-free alternative to CT in selected patients with PID.
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