Pertussis Pneumonia

  • Etiology: Bordatella pertussis
  • CXR: shaggy heart
  • DDX:
  • Complications:
  • Treatment:
  • Clinical: whooping cough

Radiology Cases of Pertussis Pneumonia

CXR of pertussis pneumonia
CXR AP and lateral show bilateral streaky perihilar infiltrates giving the heart contour a shaggy appearance.