Beaded fissural appearance (CT)
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Weerakkody Y, Beaded fissural appearance (CT). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 06 Nov 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-181833
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- Fissural beading
- Fissural beaded appearance
- Beaded fissural appearance
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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- 1. Nunes H, Uzunhan Y, Gille T, Lamberto C, Valeyre D, Brillet P. Imaging of Sarcoidosis of the Airways and Lung Parenchyma and Correlation with Lung Function. Eur Respir J. 2012;40(3):750-65. doi:10.1183/09031936.00025212 - Pubmed
- 2. Traill Z, Maskell G, Gleeson F. High-Resolution CT Findings of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997;168(6):1557-60. doi:10.2214/ajr.168.6.9168723 - Pubmed
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