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Mycoplasma pneumonia CT

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

On chest CT scan, findings of Mycoplasma pneumonia include areas of ground-glass attenuation, air-space consolidation, and formation of intra-pulmonary nodules.[1]

CT

Findings of Mycoplasma pneumonia on chest CT scan include the following:[1]

  • Areas of ground-glass attenuation
  • Air-space consolidation with lobular distribution
  • Intrapulmonary nodules, usually with centrilobular distribution.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dr Amir Rezaee and Dr Yuranga Weerakoddy et al. Mycoplasma pneumonia http://radiopaedia.org/articles/mycoplasma-pneumonia Accessed on Feb 10 2016

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