Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal  2010;6(4):1-4

Chest imaging features of patients afflicted with Influenza A (H1N1) in a Malaysian tertiary referral centre

Bux SI ; Mohd. Ramli N ; Ahmad Sarji S ; Kamarulzaman A

Keywords

Ground glass; swine flu; CXR; HRCT; A(H1N1)

Country

Malaysia

Language

English

Abstract

This is a retrospective descriptive study of the chest imaging findings of 118 patients with confirmed A(H1N1) in a tertiary referral centre. About 42% of the patients had positive initial chest radiographic (CXR) findings. The common findings were bi-basal air-space opacities and perihilar reticular and alveolar infiltrates. In select cases, high-resolution computed tomography (CT) imaging showed ground-glass change with some widespread reticular changes and atelectasis.