Lentil aspiration pneumonia: radiographic and CT findings.
Aspiration of leguminous vegetables can cause a granulomatous pneumonitis know as lentil aspiration pneumonia that manifest on radiologic studies with small, poorly defined nodular opacities. We report two cases of lentil aspiration pneumonia that manifested with nodules up to 1.0 cm in diameter on radiographs and CT, simulating metastases.
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D007887:Fabaceae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed