Thoracic CT

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Bronchial cancer - CT scan	CT scan	Lung mass, right lung - CT scan	Lung mass, right upper lobe - CT scan
Lung nodule, right lower lung - CT scan	Lung with squamous cell cancer - CT scan	Normal lung anatomy	Pulmonary nodule, solitary - CT scan
Thyroid cancer - CT scan	Vertebra, thoracic (mid back)

Chest CT; CT scan - lungs; CT scan - chest

Thoracic CT may show many disorders of the heart, lungs, or chest area, including:

• Enlarged lymph nodes ( lymphadenopathy )
• Abnormalities of the structure or position of the heart, lungs, or blood vessels
• Bronchiectasis
• Tumors, nodules, or cysts within the chest
• The stage of some lung tumors or esophageal cancer
• Aortic aneurysm (thoracic)
• Pleural effusion
• Pneumonia
• Accumulations of blood or fluid

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

• Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
• Asbestosis
• Atrial myxoma
• Cardiac tamponade
• Coarctation of the aorta
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Echinococcus
• Heart failure
• Histoplasmosis
• Hypertensive heart disease
• Idiopathic cardiomyopathy
• Infective endocarditis
• Ischemic cardiomyopathy
• Left-sided heart failure
• Mesothelioma (malignant)
• Metastatic cancer to the lung
• Mitral regurgitation; acute
• Mitral regurgitation; chronic
• Mitral valve prolapse
• Pericarditis; bacterial
• Pericarditis; constrictive
• Pericarditis; post-MI
• Peripartum cardiomyopathy
• Pulmonary edema
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy
• Senile cardiac amyloid
• SVC obstruction

Review Date: 08/03/2005
Reviewed By: Jonathan Gross, M.D., Department of Radiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.