The role of spiral multidetector dynamic CT in the study of Williams-Campbell syndrome |
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Authors: | Di Scioscio V Zompatori M Mistura I Montanari P Santilli L Luccaroni R Sverzellati N |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Radiology, S. Orsola-Malpighi Policlinic, Medical University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Department of Clinical Sciences and Radiology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy |
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Abstract: | Williams-Campbell syndrome is a cystic bronchiectatic disease secondary to deficiency or defect of cartilaginous plates in the wall of the airways. In the literature, two main forms are suggested: congenital and acquired (post-infectious). The most frequent symptoms are represented by recurrent pulmonary infections from childhood. Multislice spiral dynamic CT has a major role in the study of cystic pulmonary disease and in differentiating Williams-Campbell syndrome from the other causes of cystic bronchiectasis, in which even lung function tests can give deceptive results. |
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Keywords: | Bronchiectasis HRCT spiral CT Williams-Campbell syndrome |
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