1. CT Monitors Sclerodermal Lung Treatment Response
(Communities/CT)

Serial scanning of the thorax with high-resolution CT is useful for monitoring the response of sclerodermal lung disease to therapy, the report shows in the November Chest. The report focuses on 98 patients ...

2. UCLA Acquires New Tool that Delivers Higher doses of Radiation in Less Time
(Modalities/Radiology )

... that we're keeping our radiation beam to the intended tumor target. This is especially important because Beverly also has scleroderma, a systemic disease that may possibly predispose her to more normal ...

3. Gluteal calcifications
(Radiology Education/Cases)

...  o scleroderma * Trauma o heterotopic ossification o gluteal injection site granulomas Final Review Final Diagnosis Gluteal injection site granulomas. Discussion Gluteal injection site granulomas ...

4. A new method for the early diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
(Communities/Pulmonary Thoracic)

... earliest diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, which is the main cause of death for patients suffering from scleroderma - a rare disease which affects approximately 1,200 out of every million people. Until ...

5. Mycophenolate mofetil useful for scleroderma-associated interstitial lung disease
(Imported/Imported)

Treatment with MMF improves vital capacity in patients with scleroderma-associated interstitial lung disease, according to a small study reported in the February issue of Chest. "MMF is a promising ...

6. Exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension common in systemic sclerosis
(Communities/Pulmonary Thoracic)

... (PAH) can often become apparent during exercise testing in patients with systemic sclerosis, according to a report in the July issue of Chest. "Pulmonary hypertension in scleroderma is a very serious ...

7. Esophageal dilatation on CT imaging can indicate scleroderma
(Communities/CT)

Esophageal dilatation visible on a high-resolution CT of the lungs may be a sign of scleroderma, according to findings published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. Esophageal dilatation visible ...

8. CT Monitors Sclerodermal Lung Treatment Response
(Communities/CT)

Tags: [high-resolution CT, CT, HRCT, sclerodermal lung disease]  ...

9. Mycophenolate mofetil useful for scleroderma-associated interstitial lung disease
(Imported/Imported)

Tags: [Mycophenolate, mofetil, useful, for, scleroderma-associated, interstitial, lung, disease]  ...

10. Esophageal dilatation on CT imaging can indicate scleroderma
(Communities/CT)

Tags: [esophageal dialation, CT, lungs, high-resolution, scleroderma]  ...