Radiodiagnosis of acute pneumonia in clinical practice

Abstract

The analysis is given for 985 cases of the acute pneumonia radiodiagnosis. Roentgenologic examination, sonography and roentgenologic computer tomography were used. Thorax plain roentgenography was the main diagnosis method. The sonography was the main method of pleurisy diagnosis (especially with the basal localization), its origin and evolution. This method also makes it possible to discern the gangrene of lung and the suppuration of pleural exudate. The roentgenologic computer tomography may be used as a more precise method for determining an extensiveness of the pulmonary tissue decomposition, for discerning the roentgenonegative pneumonia and for differential diagnosis.
One of the important aspects of radiodiagnosis is determination of the acute pneumonia outcomes and its complications. The article gives the pneumonia classification which is based on lung macrostructure obtained by means of radiodiagnosis. A diagnosis algorithm is given depending on the disease development.