Published March 1997
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Journal article
Paraquat-induced pulmonary lesions : HRCT findings in long-term follow-up : a case report
- 1. Soonchunhyang Univ. College of Medicine, Asan (Korea, Republic of)
Description
We illustrate serial HRCT findings over a 16-month period in a 35-year-old woman who had ingested paraquat. Initial areas of ground-glass opacity changed into areas of multiple air cysts on follow up scan obtained five months after ingestion. A further follow-up scan obtained 16 months after ingestion showed improvement, with increased lung volume and normalized lung architecture
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- 8 refs., 1 fig
- Journal Page Range
- p. 451-453
- ISSN
- 0301-2867
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Korea, Republic of
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 32033694
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTS; DIAGNOSTIC USES; HERBICIDES; INGESTION; LUNGS; RESOLUTION; WOMEN
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BODY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALES; INTAKE; MAMMALS; MAN; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PESTICIDES; PRIMATES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOMOGRAPHY; USES; VERTEBRATES