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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Pneumonia, as a complication of chickenpox, rarely occurs in children, but occurs in about one-fifth of adults. Chest x-ray shows cloudiness throughout the lungs, caused by acute pneumonia following chickenpox.
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Image: Chickenpox05.jpeg| Bilateral pulmonary infiltrates throughout the entirety of each lung field in the case of a child with leukemia, as well as chickenpox pneumonia. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [1]
Image: Varicella pneumonia 01.jpg|High density micronodules in both lungs.[2]
Image: Varicella pneumonia 02.jpg|High density micronodules in both lungs.[2]
Image: Healed varicella pneumonia.jpg|Innumerable small calcific densities throughout both lungs in a patient with a documented history of varicella pneumonia. [3]
Image: Healed varicella pneumonia - miliary opacities.jpg|Chest x-ray of an adult female demonstrates multiple tiny subcentimeter calcific miliary opacities noted throughout both lungs. These are of uniform size and dense suggesting calcification. There is no focal lung parenchymal mass or cavitating lesion seen. The appearances are characteristic for healed varicella pneumonia.[3]
Image: Healed Varicella View 01.jpeg|Miliary lung nodules consistent with prior and healed varicella pneumonia. [3]
Image: Healed Varicella View 02.jpeg|Miliary lung nodules consistent with prior and healed varicella pneumonia. [3]
Image: Healed Varicella View 03.jpeg|Miliary lung nodules consistent with prior and healed varicella pneumonia. [3]
Image: Healed Varicella View 04.jpeg|Miliary lung nodules consistent with prior and healed varicella pneumonia. [3]