Bat wing opacities (lungs)

Last revised by Ian Bickle ◉ on 31 Aug 2023

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Amini B, Bickle I, El-Feky M, et al. Bat wing opacities (lungs). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Sep 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-972

DOI:

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

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/972

rID:

972

Article created:

2 May 2008, Behrang Amini

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Behrang Amini had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

31 Aug 2023, Ian Bickle ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Ian Bickle had the following disclosures:

4ways diagostics, I work for this out sourcing company during non NHS hours (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

29 times, by 12 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.