Lipoid pneumonia MRI
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ramyar Ghandriz MD[2]
Overview
Overview
Chest MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of lipoid pneumonia. Findings on MRI suggestive of lipoid aspiration pneumonia may differentiate disease from other forms of aspiration pneumonia. Other findings are: atelectasis, consolidation and opacities.
MRI
MRI
- Chest MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia. Findings on MRI suggestive of aspiration pneumonia include:[1][2][3][4][5]
- Defining the nature of aspirated particle and extend of lung injury
- Atelectasis
- Consolidation
- Opacities
References
References
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- ↑ DiBardino, David M.; Wunderink, Richard G. (2015). “Aspiration pneumonia: A review of modern trends”. Journal of Critical Care. 30 (1): 40–48. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.07.011. ISSN 0883-9441.
- ↑ Wei, Chaojie; Cheng, Zhenshun; Zhang, Li; Yang, Jiong (2013). “Microbiology and prognostic factors of hospital- and community-acquired aspiration pneumonia in respiratory intensive care unit”. American Journal of Infection Control. 41 (10): 880–884. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.007. ISSN 0196-6553.
- ↑ Luk, James KH; Chen, Daniel KY (2014). “Preventing aspiration pneumonia in older people: do we have the ‘know-how’?”. Hong Kong Medical Journal. doi:10.12809/hkmj144251. ISSN 1024-2708.
- ↑ Taylor, Joanne K.; Fleming, Gillian B.; Singanayagam, Aran; Hill, Adam T.; Chalmers, James D. (2013). “Risk Factors for Aspiration in Community-acquired Pneumonia: Analysis of a Hospitalized UK Cohort”. The American Journal of Medicine. 126 (11): 995–1001. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.07.012. ISSN 0002-9343.
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