Reversible Interlobular Septal &lsquo;Pearls&rsquo; Associated with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure

Maxence Van Belle; Stéphane B Van den Broeck

doi:10.5334/jbsr.4081

Reversible Interlobular Septal ‘Pearls’ Associated with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology

Volume 109 (2025): Issue 1

By: Maxence Van Belle and Stéphane B Van den Broeck

Open Access

|Sep 2025

Abstract

Teaching point: Transient interlobular septal nodules displaying a characteristic branched ‘pearl-like’ pattern may reflect acute pulmonary lymphatic overload and should not be mistaken for other common pathological processes.

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Coulier B, El Khoury E, Deprez FC, Ghaye B, Van den Broeck S, Tourmous H. Unusual vanishing interstitial lymphatic ‘pearls’ in a patient presenting with extensive interstitial and mediastinal MDCT features of acute cardiogenic failure related to bradycardia and mitral regurgitation. Emerg Radiol. 2014;21(6):651–655. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-014-1236-y.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.4081 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281

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Language: English

Submitted on: Aug 26, 2025

Accepted on: Sep 5, 2025

Published on: Sep 24, 2025

Published by: Ubiquity Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

takotsubo cardiomyopathy,

acute heart failure,

interstitial lung nodules,

thoracic CT pattern

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