J S Kim1, C W Ryu, S I Lee, D W Sung, C K Park. 1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Pundang CHA General Hospital, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University, Sungnam, Kyonggi-do, South Korea.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to describe the high-resolution CT findings of varicella-zoster pneumonia in three immunocompetent patients. CONCLUSION: High-resolution CT findings of varicella-zoster pneumonia include nodules, nodules with surrounding ground-glass attenuation, patchy ground-glass attenuation, and coalescence of nodules; the disappearance of these features on imaging studies corresponded to healing of skin lesions in patients after antiviral chemotherapy.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to describe the high-resolution CT findings of varicella-zoster pneumonia in three immunocompetent patients. CONCLUSION: High-resolution CT findings of varicella-zoster pneumonia include nodules, nodules with surrounding ground-glass attenuation, patchy ground-glass attenuation, and coalescence of nodules; the disappearance of these features on imaging studies corresponded to healing of skin lesions in patients after antiviral chemotherapy.
Authors: Ramachandiran Nandhagopal; Nelly Khmeleva; B Jayakrishnan; Teresa White; Faisal Al Azri; Jojy George; Anna Heintzman; Khalfan Al Zeedy; Lucy Rorke-Adams; Arunodaya R Gujjar; D Scott Schmid; Abdullah Al-Asmi; Maria A Nagel; Poovathoor Chacko Jacob; Don Gilden Journal: Open Forum Infect Dis Date: 2014-08-06 Impact factor: 3.835