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In recent years, new CT patterns have been recognized, new terms have been coined in order to describe CT findings in English, and some terms have become obsolete. In the evaluation of patients with thoracic diseases, CT scans are a diagnostic tool of great importance. The group of authors comprised radiologists specializing in chest radiology and holding membership in the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, as well as pulmonologists having a special interest in diagnostic imaging and holding membership in the Brazilian Thoracic Association. There is a succinct definition of the principal terms used to describe chest CT findings, as well as illustrations of classic examples. The objective of this new Brazilian consensus is to update and to continue the standardization of the principal terms and fundamental patterns in chest CT scans in Portuguese.

Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto - FAMERP, São José do Rio Preto School of Medicine - São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Radiology Department, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, Brazil

Müller IV Comissão de Imagem da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia ** Silva I Edson Marchiori II Arthur Soares Souza Júnior III Nestor L.

Illustrated Brazilian consensus of terms and fundamental patterns in chest CT scans *Ĭ.

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