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Mycoplasma pneumonia CT
Introduction
Overview
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
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
References
- ↑ 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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