Radiologic imaging in Cystic Fibrosis

Dr. Rehan Ahmad; Dr. Farhat Tahira; Dr.Mohd.Khalid; Dr.Mohammad Shameem; Dr. Mohammed Azfar Siddiqui

Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2015

Radiologic imaging in Cystic Fibrosis

Dr. Rehan Ahmad, Dr. Farhat Tahira, Dr. Mohd. Khalid, Dr. Mohammad Shameem, Dr. Mohammed Azfar Siddiqui

Abstract :

Cystic fiosis (CF) is a chronic systemic disease where imaging has long been used for monitoring chest status, and for chest evaluation in exacerbation of the disease. Chest radiography has traditionally been used as the main imaging modality. The abnormal chest radiograph is often perplexing, but abnormal findings can be interpreted easily with a systematic and methodical approach. The companion cases presented this month highlights two basic, but often forgotten or confused findings that have very different meanings: tram–tracks and air–onchograms. In the current study authors present two cases along with the assistance of analog imaging phantoms constructed out of household materials, and application of some contrast media. The authors also believe that the presented representative cases of onchial wall thickening (in the CF case highlighted here) and the finding of tram tracks, compared to consolidation with typical air–onchograms, should make these findings conceptually clear