Discussion
Diagnosis With Brief Discussion
- Courtesy
- Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
- Chief Complaint
- Fever
- Definitive Diagnosis
- Septic embolism
- Imaging Findings
- multiple cavitary nodules, wedge-shaped subpleural consolidations
- Past History
- Neutropenia associated with SLE flare up.
On steroid therapy
- Reviewy
- Imaging Findings of Septic Embolism
(1) characterized by nodules (1-3cm in diameter, frequently cavitate)
(2) hemorrhagic infarction (ill-defined, wedge-shaped, subpleural)
(3) feeding vessel sign-misnomer, limited value
(4) tend to be numerous in the lower lobes
- Keywords
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Lung, Infection, Bacterial infection,