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ReviewEuropean radiology2025

ESR Essentials: imaging in fibrotic lung diseases-practice recommendations by the European Society of Thoracic Imaging.

Anna Rita Larici, Juergen Biederer, Giuseppe Cicchetti, Tomas Franquet Casas, Nick Screaton, Martine Remy-Jardin, Anagha Parkar, Helmut Prosch, Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop, Thomas Frauenfelder and 2 more

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Review in European radiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Anna Rita LariciDepartment of Radiological and Hematological Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. annarita.larici@unicatt.it.
Juergen BiedererDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Giuseppe CicchettiDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging and Oncological Radiotherapy, Advanced Radiology Center, 'A. Gemelli' University Polyclinic Foundation IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Tomas Franquet CasasDepartment of Radiology, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
Nick ScreatonDepartment of Radiology, Royal Papworth Hospital NHSFT, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Martine Remy-JardinIMALLIANCE-Haut-de-France, Valenciennes, France.
Anagha ParkarRadiology Department, Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Helmut ProschDepartment of Radiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Cornelia Schaefer-ProkopRadiology, Meander Medical Centre Amersfoort, Amersfoort, Netherlands.
Thomas FrauenfelderDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Benoit GhayeDepartment of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Nicola SverzellatiScienze Radiologiche, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibrotic lung diseases (FLDs) represent a subgroup of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), which can progress over time and carry a poor prognosis. Imaging has increased diagnostic discrimination in the evaluation of FLDs. International guidelines have stated the role of radiologists in the diagnosis and management of FLDs, in the context of the interdisciplinary discussion. Chest computed tomography (CT) with high-resolution technique is recommended to correctly recognise signs, patterns, and distribution of individual FLDs. Radiologists may be the first to recognise the presence of previously unknown interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) in various settings. A systematic approach to CT images may lead to a non-invasive diagnosis of FLDs. Careful comparison of serial CT exams is crucial in determining either disease progression or supervening complications. This 'Essentials' aims to provide radiologists a concise and practical approach to FLDs, focusing on CT technical requirements, pattern recognition, and assessment of disease progression and complications. Hot topics such as ILAs and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) are also discussed. KEY POINTS: Chest CT with high-resolution technique is the recommended imaging modality to diagnose pulmonary fibrosis. CT pattern recognition is central for an accurate diagnosis of fibrotic lung diseases (FLDs) by interdisciplinary discussion. Radiologists are to evaluate disease behaviour by accurately comparing serial CT scans.

Indexed as

Lung Diseases, InterstitialPulmonary FibrosisRadiography, ThoracicTomography, X-Ray ComputedDisease ProgressionEuropeHumansSocieties, MedicalDiagnostic imagingDisease progressionLung diseases (interstitial)Pulmonary fibrosisTomography (x-ray computed)

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PMID39242399
PMCPMC11914337

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