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[[Image:Q fever.gif|center|300px|thumb|Q fever pneumonia - PA chest x ray ]] | [[Image:Q fever.gif|center|300px|thumb|Q fever pneumonia - PA chest x ray - Case courtesy of Royal Melbourne Hospital Respiratory, Radiopaedia.org, rID 21993 ]] | ||
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[[Image:Q fever lateral - - Case courtesy of Royal Melbourne Hospital Respiratory, Radiopaedia.org, rID 21993.gif|center|300px|thumb|Q fever pneumonia - lateral chest x ray]] | [[Image:Q fever lateral - - Case courtesy of Royal Melbourne Hospital Respiratory, Radiopaedia.org, rID 21993.gif|center|300px|thumb|Q fever pneumonia - lateral chest x ray - Case courtesy of Royal Melbourne Hospital Respiratory, Radiopaedia.org, rID 21993]] | ||
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* Lateral and PA chest x ray for a 50 year old male patient presenting with fevers, respiratory compromise. Lab tests showed elevated liver function tests and pancytopenia. | * Lateral and PA chest x ray for a 50 year old male patient presenting with fevers, respiratory compromise. Lab tests showed elevated liver function tests and pancytopenia. | ||
* X ray shows elevated right diaphragmatic copula and haziness in the left lung located in the middle and upper zones without demarcated consolidation. | * X ray shows elevated right diaphragmatic copula and haziness in the left lung located in the middle and upper zones without demarcated consolidation. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [2]
Overview
On Chest X ray, Q fever is characterized by either signs of atypical pneumonia (hazy non localized airspace opacities) or in less cases, it shows signs of typical pneumonia (lobar consolidation and occasional pleural effusions).
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- In acute Q fever, X ray may show signs of atypical pneumonia (hazy non localized airspace opacities) and in some cases, it shows all the signs of typical pneumonia (lobar consolidation and occasional pleural effusions)
- In chronic Q fever, interstitial fiibrosis can be seen.
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