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Reversed halo sign in invasive pulmonary fungal infections.

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Clinical Infectious Diseases (impact factor: 9.15). 07/2008; 46(11):1733-7. DOI:10.1086/587991 pp.1733-7
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ABSTRACT Computed tomography scans of documented pulmonary mold infections were reviewed for the presence of the reversed halo sign, a focus of ground-glass attenuation surrounded by a solid ring. The reversed halo sign was an early sign, seen in approximately 4% of patients with pulmonary mold infections, usually with zygomycosis.

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Keywords

Computed tomography scans
 
documented pulmonary mold infections
 
pulmonary mold infections
 
reversed halo sign
 
solid ring
 

Hisham Wahba