Legionella pneumonia presenting as a bulging fissure on chest roentgenogram

R S Lucas; T V Kuzmowych; S V Spagnolo

doi:10.1378/chest.100.2.567

Legionella pneumonia presenting as a bulging fissure on chest roentgenogram

Chest. 1991 Aug;100(2):567-8. doi: 10.1378/chest.100.2.567.

Authors

R S Lucas¹, T V Kuzmowych, S V Spagnolo

Affiliation

¹ Pulmonary Diseases Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

PMID: 1864143
DOI: 10.1378/chest.100.2.567

Abstract

We report a case of Legionella pneumonia presenting as a bulging interlobar fissure on the lateral chest roentgenogram. This microorganism should be added to the list of etiologic agents producing a bulging fissure on chest roentgenogram.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Legionnaires' Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Lung / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging*
Radiography