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*The particular imaging features are related to the timeline of presentation and the patient's ability to mount an immune response. | *The particular imaging features are related to the timeline of presentation and the patient's ability to mount an immune response. | ||
*Acute histoplasmosis may be associated with airspace shadowing with consolidation involving multiple lung segments or lobes similar to bacterial pneumonia | *Acute histoplasmosis may be associated with airspace shadowing with consolidation involving multiple lung segments or lobes similar to bacterial pneumonia | ||
*Pleural effusions are | *Pleural effusions are also possible, but uncommon.<ref name=radiop>Thoracic histoplasmosis. Radiopaedia.org. Available at: http://radiopaedia.org/articles/thoracic-histoplasmosis-1. Accessed February 2, 2016.</ref> | ||
*Patients with chronic histoplasmosis may present with pulmonary nodules. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Chest X Ray
- Most patients with histoplasmosis (up to 70%) are thought to have normal chest radiographs.[1]
- Where there are findings these can be non-specific to a range of infectious or inflammatory disorders and histoplasmosis is considered in the differential if the patient is known to have travelled in endemic regions.
- The particular imaging features are related to the timeline of presentation and the patient's ability to mount an immune response.
- Acute histoplasmosis may be associated with airspace shadowing with consolidation involving multiple lung segments or lobes similar to bacterial pneumonia
- Pleural effusions are also possible, but uncommon.[2]
- Patients with chronic histoplasmosis may present with pulmonary nodules.
References
- ↑ Silberberg P. "Radiology Teaching Files: Case 224856 (Histoplasmosis)".
- ↑ Thoracic histoplasmosis. Radiopaedia.org. Available at: http://radiopaedia.org/articles/thoracic-histoplasmosis-1. Accessed February 2, 2016.