Fungal infections of the lung in children.
Fungal infections of the lungs are relatively common and potentially life-threatening conditions in immunocompromised children. The role of imaging in children with lung mycosis is to delineate the extension of pulmonary involvement, to assess response to therapy, and to monitor for adverse sequelae such as bronchiectasis and cavitation. The aim of this paper is to show imaging findings in a series of patients with fungal pneumonia from two tertiary children's hospitals, to discuss differential diagnoses and to show how imaging findings can vary depending on the host immune response.
Department of Imaging, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Paolo
P
Toma
Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Alice
A
Bertaina
Department of Infective Diseases, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Elio
E
Castagnola
Department of Imaging, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Giovanna Stefania
GS
Colafati
Department of Imaging, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Maria Luisa
ML
D'Andrea
Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Andrea
A
Finocchi
Cystic Fibrosis Center, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzina
V
Lucidi
Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Transfusion Medicine, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Angela
A
Mastronuzzi
Department of Pediatric Radiology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy. cgranata@sirm.org.
Claudio
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-4096
C
Granata
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology*
Children; Computed tomography; Fungus; Infection; Lung; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mycoses; Radiography
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