Imaging of community-acquired pneumonia: Roles of imaging examinations, imaging diagnosis of specific pathogens and discrimination from noninfectious diseases

Figure 5 Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia showing bronchopneumonia in a man in his 10s. A: Chest radiograph shows reticulonodular opacities and focal consolidation in the left middle to lower lung field (arrow). The left pulmonary hilum appears enlarged; B: Thin-section computed tomography demonstrates fluffy centrilobular nodules with surrounding ground-glass opacity in the left lower lobe (arrows). Note that central bronchial wall is thickened (arrow heads).