Diagnosis of Grave's disease with pulmonary hypertension on chest CT

Publication date: Available online 23 March 2017
Source:Clinical Imaging
Author(s): Hwa Yeon Lee, Seung Min Yoo, Hye Rin Kim, Eun Ju Chun, Charles S. White
ObjectiveTo evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of chest CT findings to diagnose Grave's disease in pulmonary hypertension.MethodsWe retrospectively evaluated chest CT and the medical records of 13 patients with Grave's disease with (n=6) or without pulmonary hypertension (n=7) and in 17 control patients.ResultsPresence of iso-attenuation of diffusely enlarged thyroid glands compared with adjacent neck muscle on non-enhanced CT as a diagnostic clue of Grave's disease, and assessment of pulmonary hypertension on CT has high diagnostic accuracy.ConclusionChest CT has the potential to diagnose Grave's disease with pulmonary hypertension in the absence of other information.



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