CT findings of granulomatous pneumonitis secondary to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare inhalation: "Hot tub lung"

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1050-1053

  Hartman, Thomas E ^a   Jensen, Eric ^b   Tazelaar, Henry D ^b   Hanak, Viktor ^a   Ryu, Jay H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Granulomatous pneumonitis; High resolution CT; Lung disease; Mycobacterium avium intracellulare

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ATTENUATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; PNEUMONIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33947688695     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.0546     Document Type: Review

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