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Published on: December 19, 2020
[Radiological imaging in diagnosis for atypical pulmonary abscess]
Objective:
Evaluate characteristics of the radiological image of atypical pulmonary abscess.
Method:
The X-ray and CT image in 30 cases with atypical pulmonary abscess were analyzed.
Result:
The atypical pulmonary abscesses were classified into solitary ball type and irregular infiltration type. And these two types showed the following characteristics: circumscribed dissolution or small cavity; local congestion sign; coarse and long funiform shadow in margin; ambient circumscribed infiltrating shadow; adjacent pleural thickening and adhesion.
Conclusion:
Existence of abscess and perifocal inflammatory changes is the key to diagnose and differentiate this atypical variant of lung abscess.
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