Eight cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome presenting as round pneumonia.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to describe the radiographic findings and evolution of round pneumonia found in eight patients with confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).


CONCLUSIONS
SARS may present as round pneumonia on chest radiographs initially or during the treatment course. It may remain unchanged for up to 9 days before evolution to ill-defined air-space opacities. Radiologists and physicians should consider the possibility of "SARS pneumonia" when spherical air-space opacities are noted on chest radiographs of febrile patients.
Wan
Yung-Liang
YL
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, 5 Fu-Hsing Road, Kweishan, Taoyuan Hsien 333, Taiwan. ylw0518@adm.cgmh.org.tw
Kuo
Han-Ping
HP
Tsai
Ying-Huang
YH
Wu
Yao-Kuang
YK
Wang
Chun-Hua
CH
Liu
Chien-Ying
CY
Kao
Kuo-Chin
KC
Ko
Sheung-Fat
SF
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011024:Pneumonia, Viral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*