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2446690

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
720
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
Visual assessment and density measurements of the lung using computed tomography (CT) were made in 18 patients undergoing treatment with bleomycin for malignant teratoma of the testis. The results of both visual assessment and density measurements were compared with changes in gas transfer per unit lung volume (KCO). Visual assessment of severity of damage to the lungs caused by bleomycin is unrelated to changes in KCO but is characteristic of bleomycin damage and allows a confident diagnosis to be made. Quantitative density measurement by CT, however, is inversely related to changes in KCO and may therefore be used to monitor the physiological effect on the patient. Examination of the lung by CT in these patients can not only characterise and define the extent of lung damage due to bleomycin but can be used to give a quantitative measurement on which to monitor treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0007-1285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1205-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative assessment of lung damage due to bleomycin using computed tomography.
pubmed:affiliation
Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, Surrey.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't