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medical health lung and respiratory healthWhat are parenchymal abnormalities?
Similarly, what is parenchymal abnormality brain?
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The occurrence of brain parenchymal signal-intensity changes within the drainage territory of developmental venous anomalies (DVAs) in the absence of cavernous malformations (CMs) has been incompletely assessed.
Subsequently, one may also ask, what is the parenchyma of the lung?
Lung parenchyma is the portion of the lung involved in gas transfer - the alveoli, alveolar ducts and respiratory bronchioles. However, some authors include other structures and tissues within the definition.
parenchymal band. Definitions. Radiographs and CT scans.—A parenchymal band is a linear opacity, usually 1–3 mm thick and up to 5 cm long that usually extends to the visceral pleura (which is often thickened and may be retracted at the site of contact) (Fig 48).