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*The particular imaging features are related to the timeline of presentation and the patient's ability to mount an immune response.  
*The particular imaging features are related to the timeline of presentation and the patient's ability to mount an immune response.  
*Acute histoplasmosis may be associated with airspace shadowing with consolidation involving multiple lung segments or lobes similar to bacterial pneumonia
*Acute histoplasmosis may be associated with airspace shadowing with consolidation involving multiple lung segments or lobes similar to bacterial pneumonia
*Pleural effusions are alo possible, but uncommon.<ref name=radiop>Thoracic histoplasmosis. Radiopaedia.org. Available at: http://radiopaedia.org/articles/thoracic-histoplasmosis-1. Accessed February 2, 2016.</ref>
*Pleural effusions are also possible, but uncommon.<ref name=radiop>Thoracic histoplasmosis. Radiopaedia.org. Available at: http://radiopaedia.org/articles/thoracic-histoplasmosis-1. Accessed February 2, 2016.</ref>
*Patients with chronic histoplasmosis may present with pulmonary nodules.


==References==
==References==

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Chest X Ray

  • Most patients with histoplasmosis (up to 70%) are thought to have normal chest radiographs.[1]
  • Where there are findings these can be non-specific to a range of infectious or inflammatory disorders and histoplasmosis is considered in the differential if the patient is known to have travelled in endemic regions.
  • The particular imaging features are related to the timeline of presentation and the patient's ability to mount an immune response.
  • Acute histoplasmosis may be associated with airspace shadowing with consolidation involving multiple lung segments or lobes similar to bacterial pneumonia
  • Pleural effusions are also possible, but uncommon.[2]
  • Patients with chronic histoplasmosis may present with pulmonary nodules.

References

  1. Silberberg P. "Radiology Teaching Files: Case 224856 (Histoplasmosis)".
  2. Thoracic histoplasmosis. Radiopaedia.org. Available at: http://radiopaedia.org/articles/thoracic-histoplasmosis-1. Accessed February 2, 2016.