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High-resolution CT (HRCT) findings of several chest complications occurring in leukemic patients were reviewed. Although most entities show non-specific HRCT findings including ground-glass opacity and air-space consolidation, characteristic findings are observed in several pulmonary complications including Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, fungal infections, miliary tuberculosis, leukemic infiltration, pulmonary edema, bronchiolitis obliterans, and bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia. A combination of these characteristic HRCT findings and the information obtained from the clinical setting may help in achieving a correct diagnosis of chest complications occurring in leukemic patients.
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Tanaka, N., Matsumoto, T., Miura, G. et al. HRCT findings of chest complications in patients with leukemia. Eur Radiol 12, 1512–1522 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300101112
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300101112