Beaded fissural appearance (CT)

Last revised by Yuranga Weerakkody on 8 Jan 2024

A beaded fissural appearance is a an imaging feature (typically seen on CT) due to tiny nodular involvement of granulomatous changes in a perilymphatic pattern periperiherally along fissures 1. The feature is considered rather characteristic of thoracic sarcoidosis. It can often be also accompanied by peribronchovascular beading.

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