Reversed Halo Sign in Invasive Pulmonary Fungal Infections | Zendy

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Reversed Halo Sign in Invasive Pulmonary Fungal Infections

Author(s) -

Hisham Wahba,

Mylene T. Truong,

Xiudong Lei,

Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis,

Edith M. Marom

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/587991

Subject(s) - halo sign , zygomycosis , medicine , halo , sign (mathematics) , computed tomography , radiology , dermatology , amphotericin b , antifungal , mathematical analysis , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , galaxy

Computed tomography scans of documented pulmonary mold infections were reviewed for the presence of the reversed halo sign, a focus of ground-glass attenuation surrounded by a solid ring. The reversed halo sign was an early sign, seen in approximately 4% of patients with pulmonary mold infections, usually with zygomycosis.

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