293Lu Aspergilloma and Air Crescent Sign

Frontal CXR with Right Upper Lobe Aspergilloma
66- year-old malnourished, immunodeficient male presents with a chronic cough.
CXR in the frontal view shows a right upper lobe nodule with a subtle rim of air on the lateral border of the nodule. CT confirmed an air -crescent sign consistent with a diagnosis of an aspergilloma
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Frontal CXR with Right Upper Lobe Aspergilloma
66- year-old malnourished, immunodeficient male presents with a chronic cough.
CXR in the frontal view shows a right upper lobe nodule with a subtle rim of air on the lateral border of the nodule. CT confirmed an air -crescent sign consistent with a diagnosis of an aspergilloma
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Frontal CXR with Right Upper Lobe Aspergilloma
66- year-old malnourished, immunodeficient male presents with a chronic cough.
CXR in the frontal view shows a right upper lobe nodule with a subtle rim of a crescentic accumulation of air on the lateral border of the nodule (yellow arrowheads). CT confirmed an air -crescent sign consistent with a diagnosis of an aspergilloma
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Lateral CXR Shows Pectus Excavatum and Pectus Carinatum
66 year malnourished immunodeficient male with right upper lobe aspergilloma in the lung
Lateral CXR shows pectus  excavatum and pectus carinatum with flattened hemidiaphragms
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CT Scout with Right Upper Lobe Aspergilloma
66- year-old malnourished, immunodeficient male presents with a chronic cough.
CT Scout reconstructed in the frontal view shows a right upper lobe nodule with a rim of a crescentic accumulation of air on the border of the nodule (magnified in the lower image) and subsequently confirmed on the conventional CT images as an air-crescent sign consistent with a diagnosis of an aspergilloma
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Coronal CT with Right Upper Lobe Aspergilloma
66- year-old malnourished, immunodeficient male presents with a chronic cough.
CT in the coronal plane shows a right upper lobe nodule with a rim of a crescentic accumulation of air on the lateral and medial border of the nodule (magnified in the lower image with yellow arrowheads). This finding reflects an air -crescent sign and is consistent with a diagnosis of an aspergilloma
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Axial CT with Right Upper Lobe Aspergilloma
66- year-old malnourished, immunodeficient male presents with a chronic cough.
CT in the axial plane shows a 3.2cms right upper lobe mass with a rim of a crescentic accumulation of air in the dependant portionof the mass (magnified in the lower image- yellow arrowheads) while the aspergilloma “sinks” to the most dependent portion of the cavity . This finding reflects an air -crescent sign and is consistent with a diagnosis of an aspergilloma
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