Lung abscess CT
|
Lung abscess Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Lung abscess CT On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Lung abscess CT |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
CT is helpful in differentiating the cavitation of abscess that cannot be clearly delineated on the chest radiograph from empyema and other cavitary lesions.[1]
CT Scan
- On CT scan lung abscess is visualized as a rounded radiolucent lesion with a thick wall and ill-defined irregular margins, and is located within the parenchyma compared with loculated empyema, which may be difficult to distinguish on chest radiographs. [2]
- Computed tomography (CT) lung is considered as the gold standard not only for the diagnosis of lung abscess but also for guiding therapeutic procedures such as trans-thoracic drainage of localized lung abscess .[3]
- CT scan is very helpful in excluding endobronchial obstruction due to malignancy or foreign body and provides additional information about size and location of the abscess.[4]
Contrast CT demonstrating large cavity in the left lobe of lung
Reference
- ↑ Stark DD, Federle MP, Goodman PC, Podrasky AE, Webb WR (1983). "Differentiating lung abscess and empyema: radiography and computed tomography". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 141 (1): 163–7. doi:10.2214/ajr.141.1.163. PMID 6602513.
- ↑ Mayer, Thom (1982). "Computed Tomographic Findings of Neonatal Lung Abscess". Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 136 (1): 39. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1982.03970370041010. ISSN 1072-4710.
- ↑ Bouhemad, Bélaïd; Zhang, Mao; Lu, Qin; Rouby, Jean-Jacques (2007). Critical Care. 11 (1): 205. doi:10.1186/cc5668. ISSN 1364-8535. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Case courtesy of A.Prof Frank Gaillard, <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/">Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/15517">rID: 15517</a>