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- Title
Evre II Sarkoidoz'lu Hastalarda Ana Pulmoner Arter Çapının Çok Kesitli Bilgisayarlı Tomografi ile Değerlendirilmesi.
- Authors
Yılmaz, Pınar Diydem; Kalın, Sevinç; Göktepe, Mevlüt Hakan
- Abstract
Aim: Chest radiography and thoracic computed tomography (CT) play an important role in the diagnosis and prognosis of sarcoidosis, a systemic granulomatous disease characterized by non-caseating granulomas. Pulmonary hypertension, a rare complication of the disease, can be seen in all stages. There is a strong correlation between pulmonary hypertension (PH) and an increase in the diameter of the main pulmonary artery (MPAD). In this study, we aimed to evaluate MPAD with multislice computed tomography (CT) examination for the early diagnosis of PH in patients with stag e II sarcoidosis. Patients and Methods: We measured the diameter of the main pulmonary artery on thorax CT in patients with stage II sarcoidosis, who were followed up in our hospital with a diagnosis of sarcoidosis between January-2018 and December-2021, with hilar lymphadenopathy and parenchymal changes in their imaging, and compared them with the control group, whose chest X-ray was normal and thorax CT scan was performed with nonspecific symptoms. We evaluated the relationship between the pulmonary artery pressures obtained by echocardiography and the diameter of the main pulmonary artery in patients with stage II sarcoidosis Results: We found a significant correlation between the increase in MPAD and pulmonary artery pressure measured by ECHO in patients with sarcoidosis compared to the control group, and the pulmonary artery diameter measured by CT in this patient group. Conclusion: We think that CT evaluation of pulmonary artery diameter in patients with sarcoidosis can guide the development of PH and therefore offer an opportunity for early intervention.
- Publication
Selcuk University Medical Journal, 2022, Vol 38, Issue 3, p143
- ISSN
1017-6616
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30733/std.2022.01562