Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Takashi Ogura

Publications

• Review Article
  Differential Diagnosis of Non-Segmental Consolidations
  Author(s): Attiya Haroon, Futoshi Higa, Shusaku Haranaga, Satomi Yara, Masao Tateyama, Haley L Cash, Takashi Ogura and Jiro FujitaAttiya Haroon, Futoshi Higa, Shusaku Haranaga, Satomi Yara, Masao Tateyama, Haley L Cash, Takashi Ogura and Jiro Fujita
  
  Consolidation and Ground-Glass Opacities (GGO) are common findings on chest Computed Tomographic (CT) scans. Consolidation and GGO can be divided into segmental, non-segmental and interstitial pneumonia types based upon distribution pattern. The aim of this review is to highlight the importance of the non-segmental distribution pattern, and to explain its relevancy in various conditions. Non-segmental distribution pattern presents as lobar pneumonia histologically, whereas segmental distribution appears as bronchopneumonia. The different diagnoses that can be derived from non-segmental distribution consist of infectious pneumonias caused by S. pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae and L. pneumophila, Chlamydophila psittaci, M. pneumoniae, measles, viral pneumonia and tuberculosis, as well as non-infectious inflammatory diseases i.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.S8-001

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