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

Figure 17 Pulmonary septic emboli from paratonsillar abscess in a man in his 20s. A: Enhanced computed tomography (CT) at the level of oropharynx shows an abscess at the right paratonsillar region (arrow); B: Chest CT with a 5 mm slice thickness reveals small nodules in both lungs (arrows), some of which are in contact with the periphery of pulmonary vessels (arrow head).