Findings on High Resolution Computed Tomography in Symptomatic Veterans with Deployment-Related Lung Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Military deployment to dusty, austere environments in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan is associated with symptomatic airways diseases including asthma and bronchiolitis. The utility of chest high-resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) imaging in lung disease diagnosis in this population is poorly understood. We investigated visual assessment of HRCT for identifying deployment-related lung disease compared with healthy controls.

Materials and methods

Chest HRCT images from 46 healthy controls and 45 symptomatic deployed military personnel with clinically confirmed asthma and/or biopsy-confirmed distal lung disease were scored by 3 independent thoracic radiologists. We compared demographic and clinical characteristics and frequency of imaging findings between deployers

SUBMITTER: Rose CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10940183 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature