Mistaking Reversed Halo Sign with Cavity in Organizing Pneumonia: A Case Report-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mistaking Reversed Halo Sign with Cavity in Organizing Pneumonia: A Case Report

Published:2021-02-02 Issue:1 Volume:4 Page:64-67
ISSN:2571-726X
Container-title:Dubai Medical Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Dubai Med J

Author:

Almoshantaf Mohammad Badr,Almosli Mukhtar,Aljamali Ghanem

Abstract

Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a rare inflammatory lung condition affecting bronchioles and alveoli. Symptoms may include cough, fever, malaise, fatigue, and weight loss with a wide variety of radiological manifestations. Both the unspecific symptoms and the radiological manifestations wide spectrum can make the diagnosis of OP challenging in daily practice. A pathological biopsy is a gold standard for diagnosis. However, there is usually a delay in making the diagnosis as a result of the time that is taken to decide to perform the biopsy. We present a case of OP in which its radiological manifestation first was mistaken for a cavity instead of the reversed halo sign (atoll sign) due to the similarity in some radiological features.

Publisher

S. Karger AG

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