Quantification of Ground Glass Opacities Can Be Useful to Describe Disease Activity in Systemic Sclerosis

Quantification of Ground Glass Opacities Can Be Useful to Describe Disease Activity in Systemic Sclerosis

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the main cause of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients. Usually, patients have lung involvement characterized by ground glass opacities (GGOs), but honeycombing (HC) is also possible. The Wells score is a semi-quantitative index, which is able to assess ILD b...

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Main Authors: Domenico Sambataro, Gianluca Sambataro, Francesca Pignataro, Wanda Maglione, Lorenzo Malatino, Carlo Vancheri, Michele Colaci, Nicoletta Del Papa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
systemic sclerosis
interstitial lung disease
lung fibrosis
ground glass opacities
honeycombing
high resolution computed tomography
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/10/4/225

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