Daria Kifjak, Johannes Leitner, Raphael Ambros, Benedikt H Heidinger, Ruxandra-Iulia Milos, Lucian Beer, Florian Prayer, Sebastian Röhrich, Helmut Prosch
CLINICAL ISSUE: Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases include a heterogeneous group of diseases of the lung parenchyma, the alveolar spaces, the vessels and the airways, which can be triggered by various pathomechanisms, such as inflammation and fibrotic changes. Since the therapeutic approaches and prognoses differ significantly between the diseases, the correct diagnosis is of fundamental importance. In routine clinical practice, next to the patients' history, the clinical presentation, the laboratory findings and the bronchoscopy, imaging plays a central role in establishing a diagnosis...
February 2022: Der Radiologe