Imaging of Diseases of the Large Airways

Brent P Little; Phuong-Anh T Duong

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2016.05.014

Imaging of Diseases of the Large Airways

Radiol Clin North Am. 2016 Nov;54(6):1183-1203. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2016.05.014. Epub 2016 Aug 12.

Authors

Brent P Little¹, Phuong-Anh T Duong²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Clinic Building A, 1365 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: brent.p.little@emory.edu.
² Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Clinic Building A, 1365 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

PMID: 27719983
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2016.05.014

Abstract

Imaging of the large airways is key to the diagnosis and management of a wide variety of congenital, infectious, malignant, and inflammatory diseases. Involvement can be focal, regional, or diffuse, and abnormalities can take the form of masses, thickening, narrowing, enlargement, or a combination of patterns. Recognition of the typical morphologies, locations, and distributions of large airways disease is central to an accurate imaging differential diagnosis.

Keywords: Bronchiectasis; CT of airways; Imaging of large airways; Tracheal imaging.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Bronchi / diagnostic imaging*
Bronchial Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Diagnosis, Differential
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Laryngeal Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Larynx / diagnostic imaging*
Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods
Radiography, Thoracic / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*