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

Figure 18 Cryptococcus neoformans pneumonia in a woman in her 50s. A: Chest radiograph shows a mass in the right lung base (arrow); B: Chest computed tomography with a 5 mm slice thickness shows a mass and nodule in the right lower lobe (arrows). Multiple nodules/masses in the same pulmonary lobe are considered characteristic findings of Cryptococcus pneumonia.