Findings from a meta-analysis published in Radiology revealed that an individual’s emphysema severity—measured via CT scan—is associated with a higher lung cancer risk.. Several well-known ...

They determined higher rates of paraseptal emphysema and airway inflammatory changes, such as bronchiectasis, ... Chest CT Findings in Marijuana Smokers, by Luke Murtha, Paul Sathiadoss, ...

Study: Chest CT Findings in Marijuana Smokers. ... Paraseptal emphysema was also more frequently identified in marijuana smokers as compared to the lungs of tobacco-only smokers.

Clinical radiologists graded chest CT scans of all the participants in which they found 93 percent of marijuana smokers had significantly elevated signs of emphysema. ... The team also found that more ...

Paraseptal emphysema, which damages the tiny ducts that connect to the air sacs in the lungs, ... Chest CT Findings in Marijuana Smokers. Radiology, 2022; DOI: 10.1148/radiol.212611; ...

Marijuana, cigarette smokers at increased risk of emphysema. Radiological Society of North America. Meeting 109th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America ...

Paraseptal emphysema affects the small air sacs of the lungs, which take in oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. Damage to these air sacs creates small holes in the lungs, which affect that gas exchange.

To find out more, Dr. Revah and colleagues compared chest CT results from 56 marijuana smokers with those of 57 non-smoking controls and 33 tobacco-only smokers. ... Paraseptal emphysema, ...

They also found a certain subtype of emphysema that affects the outermost parts of the lung, called paraseptal emphysema, was more common in marijuana smokers compared to tobacco-only smokers, ...

A new study compared chest scans of marijuana smokers, tobacco-only smokers and nonsmokers and found that emphysema was more common among marijuana smokers than among those who didn’t smoke at ...