Adenovirus pneumonia in adults: radiographic and high-resolution CT findings in five patients

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 May;186(5):1288-93. doi: 10.2214/AJR.05.0128.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the radiographic and high-resolution CT (HRCT) findings of adenovirus pneumonia in five patients.

Conclusion: Adenovirus pneumonia in adults appears as bilateral patchy parenchymal opacities on chest radiographs and as bilateral ground-glass opacities with a random distribution with or without consolidation on HRCT images. These findings, however, are not specific for adenovirus pneumonia.

MeSH terms

  • Adenovirus Infections, Human / diagnostic imaging*
  • Adenovirus Infections, Human / pathology
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / pathology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*