Pulmonary effects of synthetic marijuana: chest radiography and CT findings.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to present the first chest radiographic and CT descriptions of organizing pneumonia in response to smoking synthetic marijuana. 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.
Medical subject headings
- Cannabinoids
- Designer Drugs
- Illicit Drugs
- Pneumonia
- Radiography, Thoracic
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed