Thoracic Imaging Features of Legionnaire's Disease.
Imaging examinations are often performed in patients with Legionnaires' disease. The literature to date has documented that the imaging findings in this disorder are relatively nonspecific, and it is therefore difficult to prospectively differentiate legionella pneumonia from other forms of pneumonia, and from other noninfectious thoracic processes. Through a review of clinical cases and the literature, our objective is for the reader to gain a better understanding of the spectrum of radiographic manifestations of Legionnaires' disease.
Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501, USA. Electronic address: smittal@winthrop.org.
Sameer
S
Mittal
Department of Medicine, Maimonides Hospital, Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11219, USA.
Ayushi P
AP
Singh
Department of Radiology, Lincoln Hospital, 234 East 149th Street, Suite 2C3, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Menachem
M
Gold
Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room S078, MC5105, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Ann N
AN
Leung
Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 200 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx, NY 10467, USA; Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 200 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
Linda B
LB
Haramati
Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501, USA.
Douglas S
DS
Katz
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
CT; Imaging; Legionella; Legionnaire's; Pneumonia; Radiography; Radiology