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As ultrasound plays an increasing role in a variety of disorders, it seems timely to provide a short introduction to lung ultrasound for the rheumatologist. While high resolution CT remains the gold standard for diagnosing interstitial thickening in connective tissue disease, ultrasound may be considered an add-on imaging modality to chest X-ray and chest CT.
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Bruyn, G.A., Schmidt, W.A. (2023). Lung Ultrasound. In: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for the Rheumatologist. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27737-5_15
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