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Case
Summary
Diagnosis: Mycoplasma Pneumonia
Clinical hints:
May present as a typical acute pneumonia in older patients.
Has a multitude of clinical as well as radiological
appearances, and treatment is specific: Erythromycin.
Radiological Pearls:
- may show segmental infiltrates
- subsegmental peripheral infiltrates or
- diffuse micro-nodular pattern
- adenopathy and effusions rare
Films were kindly provided by Dr. W. J. Weiser.
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