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Open access•Journal Article•DOI Chronic lung diseases: specific diagnosis by using CT. C J Bergin, Craig L. Coblentz, Caroline Chiles, Dianne V. Bell, Ronald A. Castellino - Show less +4 more 01 Jun 1989-American Journal of Roentgenology 47 Citations	Interpretation of the appearance of the lung on CT scans was accurate in diagnosing usual interstitial pneumonia, sarcoidosis, and lymphangitic carcinomatosis.
Open access•Journal Article•DOI Pneumococcal spherical pneumonia multiply distributed in one lung Y Katsumura, K Shirakami, S Satoh - Show less +2 more 01 Oct 1997-European Respiratory Journal 5 Citations	This type of pneumonia is very unusual and should be included in the differential diagnosis of multiple nodular densities of the lung.
Open access•Journal Article•DOI The diagnostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial lung biopsy in cryptogenic organizing pneumonia Venerino Poletti, S. Cazzato, N. Minicuci, Maurizio Zompatori, M. Burzi, M.L. Schiattone - Show less +5 more 01 Dec 1996-European Respiratory Journal 101 Citations	Our findings suggest that the combination of cytological bronchoalveolar lavage and histological transbronchial lung biopsy data obtained during a fibreoptic procedure appears to be an effective method for the initial investigation in cryptogenic organizing patients pneumonia presenting with patchy radiographic shadows.
Journal Article•DOI CT Findings of Pneumonia After Lung Transplantation Jannette Collins, Nestor L. Müller, Ella A. Kazerooni, Giuseppe Paciocco - Show less +3 more 01 Sep 2000-American Journal of Roentgenology 59 Citations	The manifestations revealed on CT of bacterial, viral, and fungal pneumonia after lung transplantation are similar, consisting of a combination of consolidation, ground-glass opacification, septal thickening, pleural effusion, or multiple nodules.
Journal Article•DOI Simulation of subtle lung nodules in projection chest radiography Ehsan Samei, Michael J. Flynn, William R. Eyler - Show less +2 more 01 Jan 1997-Radiology 63 Citations	The radiologic pattern of subtle lung nodules is poorly simulated by nodule phantoms with simple spherical or disk shapes.

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