Abstract Archives of the RSNA, 2014
CHE113
Imaging of Thoracic Infections in the Oncologic Setting
Education Exhibits
Presented in 2014
Cum Laude
Myrna Cobos Barco Godoy MD, PhD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose
Patricia Monique de Groot MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose
Marcelo Kuperman Benveniste MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose
Brett Wilson Carter MD, Abstract Co-Author: Author, Reed Elsevier
Consultant, St. Jude Medical, Inc
Edith Michelle Marom MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose
Mylene Thi Mytien Truong MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose
Gerald F. Abbott MD, Abstract Co-Author: Author, Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc
Author, Amirsys, Inc
1. The use of MDCT to detect infection
2. Worrisome complications of infection requiring immediate intervention
3. CT findings that are suggestive of specific types of infection in immunocompromised hosts to initiate tailored therapy in a timely fashion.
4. Pitfalls in imaging of infection in the oncologic setting
1. Most common infections in immune compromised patients
2. Radiologic patterns of infection and signs
a. Halo Sign
b. Hypodense sign
c. Crescent sign
d. Reversed halo sign
3. Complications of invasive fungal pneumonia
4. Differential diagnosis
http://abstract.rsna.org/uploads/2014/14013707/14013707_s9t1.pdf
Godoy, M,
de Groot, P,
Benveniste, M,
Carter, B,
Marom, E,
Truong, M,
Abbott, G,
Imaging of Thoracic Infections in the Oncologic Setting. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14013707.html