Acute pulmonary injury: high-resolution CT and histopathological spectrum

E T Obadina; J M Torrealba; J P Kanne

doi:10.1259/bjr.20120614

Acute pulmonary injury: high-resolution CT and histopathological spectrum

Br J Radiol. 2013 Jul;86(1027):20120614. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20120614. Epub 2013 May 9.

Authors

E T Obadina¹, J M Torrealba, J P Kanne

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.

Abstract

Acute lung injury usually causes hypoxaemic respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Although diffuse alveolar damage is the hallmark of ARDS, other histopathological patterns of injury, such as acute and fibrinoid organising pneumonia, can be associated with acute respiratory failure. Acute eosinophilic pneumonia can also cause acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure and mimic ARDS. This pictorial essay reviews the high-resolution CT findings of acute lung injury and the correlative histopathological findings.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acute Lung Injury / classification
Acute Lung Injury / diagnostic imaging*
Acute Lung Injury / pathology*
Adolescent
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging*
Pneumonia / pathology
Pulmonary Alveoli / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Alveoli / pathology*
Pulmonary Eosinophilia / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Eosinophilia / pathology
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Distress Syndrome / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*