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Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 13, Issue 5 381-388, Copyright © 1994 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Sonographic lung surface evaluation in pulmonary sarcoidosis: preliminary results

R. Targhetta, R. Chavagneux, P. Balmes, C. Lemerre, J. M. Mauboussin, J. M. Bourgeois and L. Pourcelot
Department of Internal and Pulmonary Medicine, Montpellier-Nimes University Hospital, France.

The value of sonography in lung diseases such as sarcoidosis is not established. Twelve patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis and eight control subjects underwent a sonographic examination using a high frequency probe (7.5 MHz). The normal lung surface showed smooth and regular hyperechoic patterns, respiratory motions, and occasionally minute interruptions with comet tails. All patients with sarcoidosis showed various surface abnormalities, which appeared irregular and rough with coarse interruptions, producing an increase of artifacts. Nodular patterns were found in nine of 12 patients (75%). Sonography also revealed abnormalities not diagnosed by chest radiographs (n = 2). These findings could offer an complementary approach for evaluating sarcoidosis.


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