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On chest CT scan, Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is characterized by multiple lung nodules, lung consolidations and ground-glass opacities.<ref name="pmid19234263">{{cite journal| author=Ananthakrishnan L, Sharma N, Kanne JP| title=Wegener's granulomatosis in the chest: high-resolution CT findings. | journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol | year= 2009 | volume= 192 | issue= 3 | pages= 676-82 | pmid=19234263 | doi=10.2214/AJR.08.1837 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19234263 }} </ref> The following is an image of nodules present in Granulomatosis with polyangiitis: <ref name="lung nodules in Granulomatosis with polyangiitis">Case courtesy of Dr. Angela Byrne. https://radiopaedia.org/cases/8123 Accessed on November 7, 2016 </ref>
On chest CT scan, Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is characterized by:<ref name="pmid19234263" />
* Multiple lung nodules
* Lung consolidations and
* Ground-glass opacities.  <ref name="lung nodules in Granulomatosis with polyangiitis">Case courtesy of Dr. Angela Byrne. https://radiopaedia.org/cases/8123 Accessed on November 7, 2016 </ref>
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Overview

On chest CT scan, Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is characterized by multiple lung nodules, lung consolidations and ground-glass opacity.[1]

CT

On chest CT scan, Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is characterized by:[1]

  • Multiple lung nodules
  • Lung consolidations and
  • Ground-glass opacities. [2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ananthakrishnan L, Sharma N, Kanne JP (2009). "Wegener's granulomatosis in the chest: high-resolution CT findings". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 192 (3): 676–82. doi:10.2214/AJR.08.1837. PMID 19234263.
  2. Case courtesy of Dr. Angela Byrne. https://radiopaedia.org/cases/8123 Accessed on November 7, 2016


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