Head and Neck Imaging
HRCT Findings of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Associated with Cardiovascular and Lymph Nodes Diseases
Author：CHEN Wen-ping, LIU Song, PAN Xia,et al.
affiliation：Department of Radiology, the Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China
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Objective To investigate HRCT of systemic lupus erythematosus associated with cardiovascular and lymph nodes diseases. Methods The CT characteristics of 359 cases with systemic lupus erythematosus clinically proven involving the cardiovascular system and lymph nodes were analyzed retrospectively. Results There are 30 men and 329 women. The positive number of patients with thoracic aorta or coronary artery calcification was 79, 71 patients found pericardial effusion, 22 patients with increased heart shadow, 7 cases wtih aortic dilatation, pulmonary artery dilatation in 16 cases. There were 12 and 8 cases with aortic valve and mitral valve calcification, respectively. For lymph node lesions, there were 197 cases wtih abnormal axillary lymph nodes and 88 patients with abnormal mediastinal lymph nodes. Conclusion CT is an effective tool to assess SLE cardiovascular and lymphatic disease. Aorta and coronary calcification, pericardial effusion, increasing or swelling lymph nodes in mediastinal and axillary are the common manifestations of SLE involving cardiovascular and lymphatic system.
【Keyword】Systemic Lupus Erythematosus; Cardiovascular; Lymph Nodes; Tomography
【Chart number】R593.24+1
【Document Identification Number】A
【DOI】 10.3969/j.issn.1672- 5131.2018.06.001
Chinese journal of CT and MRI
th16Volume， th 6 Issue
2018Year06Month
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