Pneumonia

Case contributed by Mohammad Osama Hussein Yonso
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

The patient came for right lower chest pain for three days, fever, cough, and dyspnea, no loss of weight, no contact with the covid-19 case, nonsmoker, no chronic disease before.

Patient Data

Age: 45 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Mildly elevated right hemidiaphragm is noted

Patchy consolidation is seen in the right lower zone, erasing the edge of the heart

Air bronchogram sign is noted

Control XR after 10 days of Rx

x-ray

There is an improvement in the chest x-ray compared with the last test

The right lower lung zone shows a haziness area with a band-like opacity ( sequelae of previous pneumonia)

Both CP angles are free

Case Discussion

The improvement of the radiographic appearance after treatment and the clarity of the right heart edge indicates that the pneumonia was in the right middle lobe of the lung

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