ROLE OF HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMGRAPHY IN EVALUATION OF SPECTRUM OF LUNG PARENCHYMAL AND INTERSTITIAL LESIONS IN HUMAN IMMUNO DEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENTS

Dr. Saurabh Atram; Dr. Amit Shankhwar; Dr. Amaresh Kumar Shukla; Dr. Nitin Tripathi

Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

ROLE OF HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMGRAPHY IN EVALUATION OF SPECTRUM OF LUNG PARENCHYMAL AND INTERSTITIAL LESIONS IN HUMAN IMMUNO DEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENTS

Dr. Saurabh Atram, Dr. Amit Shankhwar, Dr. Amaresh Kumar Shukla, Dr. Nitin Tripathi

Abstract :

Pulmonary infections remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality and one of the most frequent causes of hospital admission in HIV infected people worldwide. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the lung provides detailed visualization of the lung parenchyma and is being used to evaluate interstitial lung disease. HRCT reveals pulmonary parenchymal and interstitial changes before they are evident on chest radiographs. The technique of HRCT involves use of 0.5-1.5-mm-thick collimation scans with a high spatial frequency algorithm. From this study, we found that, HRCT has highly significant sensitivity specificity and overall accuracy in the identification and characterization of lung parenchymal and interstitial lesions in HIV positive patients