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*CT findings in pneumonia include:<ref name="Ichikado2014">{{cite journal|last1=Ichikado|first1=Kazuya|title=High-Resolution Computed Tomography Findings of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis|journal=Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI|volume=35|issue=1|year=2014|pages=39–46|issn=08872171|doi=10.1053/j.sult.2013.10.007}}</ref>
*CT findings in pneumonia include:<ref name="Ichikado2014">{{cite journal|last1=Ichikado|first1=Kazuya|title=High-Resolution Computed Tomography Findings of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis|journal=Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI|volume=35|issue=1|year=2014|pages=39–46|issn=08872171|doi=10.1053/j.sult.2013.10.007}}</ref>


:*Consolidation
:*Airspace consolidation
:*Ground-glass oppacities
:*Ground-glass oppacities
:*[[Pleural effusion]]
:*[[Pleural effusion]]
:*Hiliar and/or mediastinal [[lymphadenopathy]]
:*Hiliar and/or mediastinal [[lymphadenopathy]]
:*[[Bronchiectasis]


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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]

Overview

CT

  • A chest CT could be useful when a chest X-ray has inconclusive signs of pneumonia but the clinical manifestation suggest pneumonia.
  • CT findings in pneumonia include:[1]
Right lower lobe pneumonia.
Image courtesy of RMH Key Conditions, Radiopedia. (original file here). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC
Right lower lobe pneumonia.
Image courtesy of RMH Key Conditions, Radiopedia. (original file here). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

References

  1. Ichikado, Kazuya (2014). "High-Resolution Computed Tomography Findings of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis". Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI. 35 (1): 39–46. doi:10.1053/j.sult.2013.10.007. ISSN 0887-2171.

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