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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]

CT

• A chest CT could be useful when a chest X-ray has inconclusive signs of pneumonia but the clinical manifestation suggest pneumonia.
• CT findings in pneumonia include:

• Airspace consolidation
• Ground-glass oppacities
• Pleural effusion
• Hiliar and/or mediastinal lymphadenopathy
• Bronchiectasis

Right lower lobe pneumonia. Image courtesy of RMH Key Conditions, Radiopedia. (original file here). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC

Right lower lobe pneumonia. Image courtesy of RMH Key Conditions, Radiopedia. (original file here). Creative Commons BY-SA-NC