PULMONARY INVOLVEMENT IN ADULT GAUCHERS-DISEASE - HIGH-RESOLUTION CT APPEARANCE

High resolution CT findings of pulmonary involvement are described in a patient with adult type Gaucher's disease. Although the reticular pa ttern on the chest radiograph was typical, appearance of pulmonary inv olvement on high resolution CT has not been demonstrated in the litera ture. High resolution CT demonstrated interlobular septal and intralob ular interstitial thickening, irregular interfaces at the pleural surf aces and ground-glass appearance, corresponding to both the alveolar a nd the interstitial components of the pulmonary involvement.