Histoplasmosis CT: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Sergekorjian (talk | contribs) |
Sergekorjian (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{Histoplasmosis}} | {{Histoplasmosis}} | ||
{{CMG}} {{AE}} {{SSK}} | |||
==Overview== | |||
==CT Findings== | |||
*In the majority of patients, CT scans are unremarkable. | |||
*Findings on CT are often related to complications of histoplasmosis and include: | |||
:*Soft tissue masses with calcification (most common) | |||
:*Calcified mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes | |||
:*Bronchial occlusion with intrabronchial broncholith<ref name="pmid8668768">{{cite journal| author=Gurney JW, Conces DJ| title=Pulmonary histoplasmosis. | journal=Radiology | year= 1996 | volume= 199 | issue= 2 | pages= 297-306 | pmid=8668768 | doi=10.1148/radiology.199.2.8668768 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8668768 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
Revision as of 18:38, 2 February 2016
|
Histoplasmosis Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Histoplasmosis CT On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Histoplasmosis CT |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Serge Korjian M.D.
Overview
CT Findings
- In the majority of patients, CT scans are unremarkable.
- Findings on CT are often related to complications of histoplasmosis and include:
- Soft tissue masses with calcification (most common)
- Calcified mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes
- Bronchial occlusion with intrabronchial broncholith[1]
References
- ↑ Gurney JW, Conces DJ (1996). "Pulmonary histoplasmosis". Radiology. 199 (2): 297–306. doi:10.1148/radiology.199.2.8668768. PMID 8668768.