Case report: the air crescent sign in pulmonary leukaemic infiltrate.
Localized pulmonary infiltrates in leukaemic patients were until recently almost synonymous with superinfection. This case illustrates that true leukaemic pulmonary involvement should always be considered in these patients when a high peripheral blast count is present. We believe this to be the first description of cavitation in a proven leukaemic infiltrate.
Seynaeve
P
P
Department of Radiology, A.Z. Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
Mathijs
R
R
Kockx
M
M
Mortelmans
L
L
D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011859:Radiography