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Pediatric Mycoplasma Pneumonia
Etiology: Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Imaging: bilateral diffuse bronchial wall thickening, leads to interstitial infiltrate, can mimic viral pneumonia or bacterial pneumonia radiographically
DDX: viral pneumonia
Radiology Cases of Mycoplasma Pneumonia
CXR PA and lateral shows a faint focal infiltrate in the posterior basilar segment of the right lower lobe, faintly obscuring the right hemidiaphragm on the PA view and causing a faint spine sign over the lowest vertebral body on the lateral view.