Increasing Volume and Changing Characteristics of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis on Sequential Thoracic Computed Tomography Scans in Patients With Neutropenia

Caillot, Denis; Couaillier, Jean-François; Bernard, Alain; Casasnovas, Olivier; W. Denning, David; Mannone, Lionel; Borges López, José; Couillault, Gérard; Piard, F; Vagner, O.; Guy, Henri

doi:10.1200/jco.2001.19.1.253

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Increasing Volume and Changing Characteristics of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis on Sequential Thoracic Computed Tomography Scans in Patients With Neutropenia

Published in Journal of Clinical Oncology • Jan 1, 2001

Authors:

Denis Caillot

Jean-François Couaillier

Alain Bernard

Abstract

PURPOSE: In patients with neutropenia, thoracic computed tomography (CT) halo and air-crescent signs are recognized as major indicators of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA). Nevertheless, the exact timing of CT images is not well known. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Seventy-one thoracic CT scans were a...

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Medicine

Computed tomography

Neutropenia

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