CT Findings of Varicella Pneumonia After Lung Transplantation
Toby M. Maher1,
Narainder K. Gupta2,3,
Margaret M. Burke4 and
Martin R. Carby5
1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney St.,
London SW3 6NP, United Kingdom.
2 Department of Radiology, Harefield Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, United
Kingdom.
3 Present address: Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA.
4 Department of Pathology, Harefield Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex, United
Kingdom.
5 Cardiothoracic Transplant Unit, Harefield Hospital, Harefield, Middlesex,
United Kingdom.

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Fig. 1A 31-year-old man with varicella pneumonia after having
undergone double lung transplantation. CT scan at level of aortic arch shows
interlobular septal thickening (arrows) and scattered pulmonary
nodules.
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Fig. 1B 31-year-old man with varicella pneumonia after having
undergone double lung transplantation. CT scan at level of main carina shows
prominent soft-tissue densities at both hila, diffuse ground-glass
attenuation, and bilateral effusions.
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Fig. 1C 31-year-old man with varicella pneumonia after having
undergone double lung transplantation. CT scan through lung bases reveals
bilateral pleural effusions, prominent interlobular septal thickening, and
multiple pulmonary nodules (arrows).
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Fig. 1E 31-year-old man with varicella pneumonia after having
undergone double lung transplantation. Photomicrograph of sample obtained at
transbronchial biopsy shows interstitial pneumonitis with viral inclusion body
in intraalveolar cell (inset). (H and E, original magnification, x200;
inset, x400)
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