Aplastic anemia chest x ray
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Shyam Patel [2]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.D. [3] Nazia Fuad M.D.
Overview
X-ray is routinely done in the patients with aplastic anemia.
Chest X-ray
Chest X-ray in patients with aplastic anemia may show:[1]
- Bilateral multiple ground glass opacities (due to atypical bacterial infection)
- Consolidations (due to bacterial pneumonia)
- Pulmonary nodules (due to fungal infection)
- Pulmonary edema (due to circulatory overload from frequent transfusions)
- Kerley B lines (due to cardiac failure from excess pulmonary congestion)
References
- ↑ Marsh JC, Ball SE, Cavenagh J, Darbyshire P, Dokal I, Gordon-Smith EC, Keidan J, Laurie A, Martin A, Mercieca J, Killick SB, Stewart R, Yin JA (October 2009). “Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of aplastic anaemia”. Br. J. Haematol. 147 (1): 43–70. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07842.x. PMID 19673883.
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