Keywords:
Oncology, Lung, Haematologic, CT-High Resolution, Normal variants, Infection, Transplantation, Haematologic diseases
Authors:
�. Kosichkina1, I. A. Burovik2, A. Mishchenko1; 1St.Petersburg/RU, 2S-Peterburg/RU
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1687
Results
The infectious causes included bacteria (n - 23),
viruses (n -11) and fungi (n - 10).
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) alone was significantly more frequent in bacterial and viral pneumonia in comparison with fungal etiology of pneumonia (61%,100% vs 10%,
p<0,01,
respectively) ( Fig. 1 ,
Fig. 2 ).
Сonsolidation and GGO in combination with nodular and/or reticular pattern,
principally interseptal thickening,
was strongly associated with viral pneumonia (p = 0,016) ( Fig. 3 ).
Multiple nodules were predominantly presented in patients with viral pneumonia сompared to bacterial pneumonia (54% vs 9%,
p<0,05) ( Fig. 4 ).
Due to our data,
the halo sign is highly suggestive of angioinvasive aspergillosis (concordance rate is 91%).
(Fig. 5).
The multiple logistic regression analysis didn’t reveal any significant pattern.
There was no significant difference between scans assessment by 2 radiologists (p=0,18).