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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The [[chest]] [[CT]], besides [[mediastinal widening]], identifies hyperdense [[lymph nodes]] and [[edema]] of the [[mediastinal]] fat. | |||
==CT== | ==CT== | ||
Chest CT is able to identify the following changes in inhaled anthrax patients: | [[Chest]] [[CT]] is able to identify the following changes in inhaled anthrax patients: | ||
* Mediastinal widening (common among patients who present at a hospital emergency department) | * [[Mediastinal widening]] (common among patients who present at a hospital emergency department) | ||
* Hyperdense lymph nodes in the mediastinum, which represent haemorrhage and necrosis, following spore germination and vegetative growth with exotoxin elaboration | * Hyperdense [[lymph nodes]] in the [[mediastinum]], which represent [[haemorrhage]] and [[necrosis]], following [[spore]] germination and vegetative growth with [[exotoxin]] elaboration | ||
* [[Edema]] of [[mediastinal]] fat | |||
* Edema of mediastinal fat | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist|2}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
The chest CT, besides mediastinal widening, identifies hyperdense lymph nodes and edema of the mediastinal fat.
CT
Chest CT is able to identify the following changes in inhaled anthrax patients:
- Mediastinal widening (common among patients who present at a hospital emergency department)
- Hyperdense lymph nodes in the mediastinum, which represent haemorrhage and necrosis, following spore germination and vegetative growth with exotoxin elaboration
- Edema of mediastinal fat