Respiratory Bronchiolitis after World Trade Center Exposure
Imaging findings
Smudgy, centrilobular ground-glass nodules in the upper lobes, mimicking respiratory bronchiolitis (RB).
Key takeaways
Massive particulate inhalation (such as from the 9/11 site) can lead to inhalational lung disease that may radiographically resemble RB even in non-smokers.
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