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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

Chest CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of Q fever. Findings on CT scan suggestive of Q fever include scattered consolidation and opacities or lobar consolidation in one specific lobe.

CT

• Similar to chest x ray, the CT can show scattered consolidation and opacities or lobar consolidation in one specific lobe.

CT chest Q fever - Case courtesy of Royal Melbourne Hospital Respiratory, Radiopaedia.org, rID 21993
*CT chest of the same patient. CT shows scattered ground glass opacities more predominant in the left upper zones.

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