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ArticleAfrican health sciences2020

Investigation of high-resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) outcomes associated with chronic pulmonary microaspiration (CPM) in Tehran and Zahedan, Iran.

Bahareh Heshmat Ghahderijani, Fatemeh Hosseinabadi, Shahram Kahkouee, Mohamad Kazem Momeni, Samira Salajeghe, Hussein Soleimantabar

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Article in African health sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Bahareh Heshmat GhahderijaniDepartment of Radiology, Imam Ali Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Fatemeh HosseinabadiDepartment of Radiology, Imam Ali Hospital, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Shahram KahkoueeDepartment of Radiology, Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohamad Kazem MomeniDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Samira SalajegheDepartment of Radiology, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran.
Hussein SoleimantabarDepartment of Radiology, Emam-Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences · IRImam Hossein Hospital · IRMasih Daneshvari Hospital · IR

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Abstract

backgroundIn patients with chronic pulmonary microaspiration (CPM) the recognition of high-resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) findings and their pattern is important.

objectiveTo investigate the HRCT detections in patients with CPM. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis descriptive study enrolled 100 consecutive patients with CPM underwent HRCT of the lungs between 2017 and 2018 in Tehran and Zahedan Hospitals and private centers. The required variables were recorded for each patient with a questionnaire. Subsequently, HRCT was performed and abnormalities were then reported by two radiologists.

resultsMost of patients exhibited bronchial thickening in 33.6% of cases, followed by ground-glass opacity (12.4%), emphysema (11.1%), and bronchiectasis (8.5%). In addition, the most common HRCT findings were found in left lower lobe (LLL) (37.1%), followed by right lower lobe (RLL) (35.9 %), right upper lobe (RUL) (6,2%), and left upper lobe (LUL) (6%).

conclusionOur data showed the most common findings in HRCT were bronchial thickening ground-glass opacity, emphysema, and bronchiectasis, where these findings was dominantly found in LLL, RLL, RUL, and LUL, indicating its high tendency to dependent areas.

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BronchiectasisChronic DiseaseEmphysemaFemaleHumansLungMaleMiddle AgedPneumonia, AspirationRetrospective StudiesTomography, X-Ray Computedchronic lung microaspirationhigh-resolution computed tomographicImaging

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