Tumoral and non-tumoral trachea stenoses: evaluation with three-dimensional CT and virtual bronchoscopy
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Tumoral and non-tumoral trachea stenoses: evaluation with three-dimensional CT and virtual bronchoscopy Efstratios N Koletsis*1, Christine Kalogeropoulou2, Eleni Prodromaki3, George C Kagadis4, Konstantinos Katsanos2, Konstantinos Spiropoulos3, Theodore Petsas2, George C Nikiforidis4 and Dimitris Dougenis1 Address: 1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece, 2Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece, 3Department of Pneumonology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece and 4Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece Email: Efstratios N Koletsis* - [email protected]; Christine Kalogeropoulou - [email protected]; Eleni Prodromaki - [email protected]; George C Kagadis - [email protected]; Konstantinos Katsanos - [email protected]; Konstantinos Spiropoulos - [email protected]; Theodore Petsas - [email protected]; George C Nikiforidis - [email protected]; Dimitris Dougenis - [email protected] * Corresponding author
Published: 12 April 2007 Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2007, 2:18
doi:10.1186/1749-8090-2-18
Received: 11 February 2007 Accepted: 12 April 2007
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Abstract Background: We evaluated the ability of 3D-CT and virtual bronchoscopy to estimate trachea stenosis in comparison to conventional axial CT and fiberoptic bronchoscopy, with a view to assist thoracic surgeons in depicting the anatomical characteristics of tracheal strictures. Methods: Spiral CT was performed in 16 patients with suspected tracheal stenoses and in 5 normal subjects. Tracheal stenoses due to an endoluminal neoplasm were detected in 13 patients, whilst post-intubation tracheal stricture was observed in the other 3 patients. Multiplanar reformatting (MPR), volume rendering techniques (VRT) and virtual endoscopy (VE) for trachea evaluation were applied and findings were compared to axial CT and fiberoptic bronchoscopy. The accuracy of the procedure in describing the localization and degree of stenosis was tested by two radiologists in a blinded controlled trial. Results: The imaging modalities tested showed the same stenoses as the ones detected by flexible bronchoscopy and achieved accurate and non-invasive morphological characterization of the strictures, as well as additional information about the extraluminal extent of the disease. No statistically significant difference was observed between the bronchoscopic findings and the results of axial CT estimations (P = 1.0). No statistically significant differences were observed between bronchosc
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