Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

Clinical and Radiologic Diagnosis of Liver Abscess There are three main types of liver abscess: pyogenic, amebic, and fungal. Py ...

Mimic of Liver Abscess A nonliquefied abscess (particularly fromKlebsiellaspecies) can sometimes be confused with hepatic tumor ...

inflammatory stranding of the perisplenic fat. Ultrasound demonstrates a hypoechoic lesion that may contain internal septations ...

Nuclear scintigraphic studies are useful in confirming cholecystitis and for differ- entiating between acute and chronic cases, ...

Clinical and Radiologic Diagnosis of Emphysematous Cholecystitis Emphysematous cholecystitis is a form of cholecystitis caused b ...

Mimic of Pancolitis Ulcerative Colitis UC is an inflammatory bowel disorder that primarily involves the colorectal mucosa and su ...

high intensity on T1-weighted images (Fig. 12) and low on T2-weighted images, as well as increasing mass effect and vasogenic ed ...

demonstrates increased signal relative to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) on T1-weighted images. The rim is typically thickest on the ...

Clinical and Radiologic Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis In the immunocompetent individuals, toxoplasmosis causes a self-limited flu-l ...

which the tumor will usually be low in signal, consistent with lack of restricted diffusion, whereas an abscess usually does exh ...

Clinical and Radiologic Features of Cerebritis Cerebritis is a term used to describe an acute inflammatory reaction in the brain ...

mortality rates if therapy is not promptly initiated. CT is often negative in these patients. Abnormal findings on MR and nuclea ...

Mimic of Encephalitis Restricted diffusion may be present, which, depending on clinical presentation, may rarely lead to confusi ...

alternate diagnoses and for interpretation of V/Q scans, to correlate with abnormal areas of perfusion or ventilation (37). Lupu ...

isolated to the right upper lobe is mitral regurgitation. The radiographic findings may easily be confused with pneumonia. As in ...

as patchy opacities. There is progressive confluence of the opacities resulting in lobar opacification. The process is often bil ...

nodules, patchy to confluent areas of opacification, or even lobar pneumonia. Infection is usually bilateral and multifocal, wit ...

infected necrotic lung from normal lung parenchyma or an aspergilloma that develops within a preexistent cavity (Fig. 25). Asper ...

On radiographs, the most common findings are patchy segmental or subsegmental areas of air- space disease. CT demonstrates multi ...

Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurs as a response to a variety of insults incl ...