[Clinico-radiological observations on pulmonary manifestations of leptospirosis during the Montefeltro epidemic].
During the summer of 1984, in the Montefeltro area an epidemic of leptospirosis took place from a common source. In 15% of the people affected, the disease involved the lungs. In 3 patients the disease had a deadly course; one decrease was due to ARDS. The clinical, anatomopathological, and radiological features are described of the patients who presented with lung involvement. Such an outcome proved to be more likely than we thought. X-ray pattern of the chest was a polymorphous appearance, in spite of the same anatomopathological substratum, characterized by lung edema and endoalveolar hemorrhages.
Ercolani
M G
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Reparto di Radiologia, Ospedale Civile, Novafeltria.
Papa
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D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
Osservazioni clinico-radiologiche sulle manifestazioni polmonari da leptospirosi durante l'epidemia del Montefeltro.