CT Findings of Mycobacterium Avium Intracellulare Infections in the Lung

Year 2014, , - , 01.12.2014

Suat Keskin Mehmet Emin Sakarya Zeynep Keskin

https://doi.org/10.15197/sabad.1.11.92

Abstract

Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) is the most common pulmonary pathogen in the population with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The most common radiological pattern was multiple pulmonary nodules. The commonly observed CT findings are centrilobular, peribronchovascular nodules, bronchiectasis, consolidation, tree-in-bud, pleural thickening, pleural adhesion.

Keywords

Mycobacterium avium intracellulare, computed tomography, lung

CT Findings of Mycobacterium Avium Intracellulare Infections in the Lung

Abstract

Mikobakteriyum avium intraselülare (MAI), kazanılmış immun yetmezlik sendromu bulunan hastalarda (AIDS) en sık görülen pulmoner patojendir. Çok sayıda pulmoner nodüller en sık görülen radyolojik paternidir. BT en sık görülen bulgular sentrilobüler, peribronkovasküler nodüller, bronşektazi, konsolidasyon, tomurcuklanmış ağaç görünümü, plevral kalınlaşma ve plevral adezyondur

Keywords

Mikobakteriyum avium intraselülare, bilgisayarlı tomografi, akciğer

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