International Congresses Milan 2023

The ERS International Congress 2023, Milan

This annual event brings together the world's respiratory experts to showcase all the latest advances in respiratory medicine and science.

Chair(s): Carlos Robalo Cordeiro, Karen Moor

Session type: Hot topics

Jonathan H. Chung

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MR in sarcoidosis: is it reserved for cardiac sarcoidosis/assessment of cardiac involvement?

Jonathan H. Chung

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Zsuzsanna Besenyi

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to discuss pivotal role of imaging in diagnosis and follow-up of patients with sarcoidosis; to point out the most appropriate imaging studies, stressing their advantages in various forms of sarcoidosis; to emphasise the important role of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) for detection and assessment of subtle parenchymal lesions and abnormalities of lung structures; to present role of HRCT and newly emerging photon counting CT (PCCT) in differentiating active inflammation from irreversible lung disease and fibrosis; to discuss use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for evaluating the involvement of the myocardium in sarcoidosis, as well as increased interest in the role of diffusion-weighted MRI for the characterisation of mediastinal lymphadenopathy.