Teenager with fever and hemoptysis

CXR and CT of bacterial pneumonia in the left lower lobe
CXR PA (above left) shows an opacity in the medial left lower lobe that obscures the medial left hemidiaphragm. CXR lateral (above right) shows a spine sign over the lower thoracic vertebral bodies. Axial CT without contrast of the chest (below left) shows a dense infiltrate in the posterior aspect of the left lower lobe while the sagittal CT (below right) again shows the infiltrate to be located inferiorly and posteriorly in the chest.

The diagnosis was bacterial pneumonia in the posterior left lower lobe.