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Pulmonary effects of synthetic marijuana: chest radiography and CT findings.

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Berkowitz, EA; Henry, TS; Veeraraghavan, S; Staton, GW; Gal, AA
Published in: AJR Am J Roentgenol
April 2015

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this article is to present the first chest radiographic and CT descriptions of organizing pneumonia in response to smoking synthetic marijuana. CONCLUSION: Chest radiographs showed a diffuse miliary-micronodular pattern. Chest CT images showed diffuse centrilobular nodules and tree-in-bud pattern and a histopathologic pattern of organizing pneumonia with or without patchy acute alveolar damage. This distinct imaging pattern should alert radiologists to include synthetic marijuana abuse in the differential diagnosis.

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AJR Am J Roentgenol

DOI

EISSN

1546-3141

Publication Date

April 2015

Volume

204

Issue

4

Start / End Page

750 / 757

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Pneumonia
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Male
  • Illicit Drugs
  • Humans
  • Diagnosis, Differential
 

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Berkowitz, E. A., Henry, T. S., Veeraraghavan, S., Staton, G. W., & Gal, A. A. (2015). Pulmonary effects of synthetic marijuana: chest radiography and CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 204(4), 750–757. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.14.13138
Berkowitz, Eugene A., Travis S. Henry, Srihari Veeraraghavan, Gerald W. Staton, and Anthony A. Gal. “Pulmonary effects of synthetic marijuana: chest radiography and CT findings.AJR Am J Roentgenol 204, no. 4 (April 2015): 750–57. https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.14.13138.
Berkowitz EA, Henry TS, Veeraraghavan S, Staton GW, Gal AA. Pulmonary effects of synthetic marijuana: chest radiography and CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Apr;204(4):750–7.
Berkowitz, Eugene A., et al. “Pulmonary effects of synthetic marijuana: chest radiography and CT findings.AJR Am J Roentgenol, vol. 204, no. 4, Apr. 2015, pp. 750–57. Pubmed, doi:10.2214/AJR.14.13138.
Berkowitz EA, Henry TS, Veeraraghavan S, Staton GW, Gal AA. Pulmonary effects of synthetic marijuana: chest radiography and CT findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2015 Apr;204(4):750–757.

Published In

AJR Am J Roentgenol

DOI

EISSN

1546-3141

Publication Date

April 2015

Volume

204

Issue

4

Start / End Page

750 / 757

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Pneumonia
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Male
  • Illicit Drugs
  • Humans
  • Diagnosis, Differential