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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

On chest CT scan, findings of Mycoplasma pneumonia include areas of ground-glass attenuation, air-space consolidation, and formation of intra-pulmonary nodules.

CT

Findings of Mycoplasma pneumonia on chest CT scan include the following:

• Areas of ground-glass attenuation
• Air-space consolidation with lobular distribution
• Intrapulmonary nodules, usually with centrilobular distribution.