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Functional Imaging of the Chest

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Lung fibrosis occurs in diverse clinical settings (Colby and Carrington 1995). Interstitial fibrosis is a non-specific pathological end-point that can occur as a consequence of granulomatous diseases (most commonly, sarcoidosis and tuberculosis), certain drug therapies and repeated exposure to organic or inorganic antigens (Seal et al. 1968; Fitzgerald et al. 1973; Gillett and Ford 1978). When there is widespread fibrosis, pulmonary physiology is generally abnormal and the typical finding on lung function testing is a restrictive functional deficit with abnormalities of gas transfer (Gibson 1996).

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    Sujal R. Desai MD, MRCP, FRCR (Consultant Radiologist)

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Desai, S.R. (2004). CT Imaging. In: Kauczor, HU. (eds) Functional Imaging of the Chest. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18621-9_6

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