Emphysema is a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Centrilobular emphysema is a specific type of emphysema that affects the upper lobes of the lungs. Centrilobular emphysema is the ...

A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

Emphysema is essentially a progressive and destructive lung disease where there is formation of holes or bullae within the lungs. Earliest detection of this disease was possible with the use of Gough ...

Airway changes in a 66-year-old male marijuana and tobacco smoker with cylindrical bronchiectasis and bronchial wall thickening (arrowheads) in multiple lung lobes in a background of paraseptal and ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive lung disease. It is typically characterized by cough, breathlessness and production of mucus. Emphysema and bronchitis (chronic) may both ...

Pulmonary emphysema in (A, B) marijuana and (C, D) tobacco smokers. (A) Axial and (B) coronal CT images in a 44-year-old male marijuana smoker show paraseptal emphysema (arrowheads) in bilateral upper ...