Radiographic Imaging of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Case-Based Review.

The chest radiograph is the most common imaging examination performed in most radiology departments, and one of the more common indications for these studies is suspected infection. Radiologists must therefore be aware of less common radiographic patterns of pulmonary infection if they are to add value in the interpretation of chest radiographs for this indication. This review uses a case-based format to illustrate a range of imaging findings that can be associated with acute pulmonary infection and highlight findings that should prompt investigation for diseases other than community-acquired pneumonia to prevent misdiagnosis and delays in appropriate management.

• Publication year

  2022

• Venue

  The Radiologic clinics of North America

• Publication date

  2022-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.rcl.2022.01.011PMID 35534125
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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