Open AccessIMAGING OF INFECTIOUS PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES
Author(s) -
А. Б. Косичкина,
А. В. Мищенко,
С. А. Кулева,
Ilya Burovik,
Ю А Чудиновских,
Е. В. Харченко,
И. А. Зюзгин,
С М Алексеев
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
lučevaâ diagnostika i terapiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2079-5351
pISSN - 2079-5343
DOI - 10.22328/2079-5343-2018-9-2-13-20
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , malignancy , pneumonia , hematologic malignancy , differential diagnosis , hematological malignancy , radiology , radiological weapon , pathology
Radiological imaging is the main diagnostic technique of infectious pulmonary complications in patients with hematological malignancy. Disturbance of the immune system in this group of patients causes uncommon epidemiology, nonspecific clinical manifestation and rapidly progressive development of the infectious process. Modern diagnostic methods allow to reveal inflammatory changes in the lungs with high efficiency. In the current clinical practice, the most actual problem is rapid identification of pathogens using the wide-spread method. This possibility results in faster and more accurate patient treatment. The article reviews different imaging techniques and focuses on the preferable method for diagnosing pneumonia in immunocompromised patients and presents a recent view of russian and foreign researchers on the advantages and limitations of computed tomography in the differential diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections.