Bat wing opacities (lungs)

Last revised by Rania Adel Anan ◉ on 1 Jan 2023

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Citation:

Amini B, Anan R, Bell D, et al. Bat wing opacities (lungs). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 30 Mar 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-972

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-972

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/972?iframe=true

rID:

972

Article created:

2 May 2008, Behrang Amini

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Last revised:

1 Jan 2023, Rania Adel Anan ◉

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Revisions:

28 times, by 11 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Chest, Oncology

Sections:

Signs, Gamuts

Tags:

infectiousdisease

Synonyms:

Bat wing opacity
Bat wing pulmonary opacities
Bat's wing opacity
Bat's wing pulmonary opacity
Batwing pulmonary opacities
Butterfly opacities (lungs)

Bat wing opacities, also known as butterfly opacities, refer to a pattern of bilateral perihilar lung shadowing. It is classically described on a frontal chest radiograph but can also refer to appearances on chest CT ^3,4.