[Radiological aspects of pulmonary lesions due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae. A report of 70 cases (author's transl)]. / Aspects radiologiques des localisations pulmonaires du mycoplasma pneumoniae. Etude de soixante-dix cas.

Radiological appearance in 70 cases of pulmonary affection due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae are described. The most frequently seen radiological images are those in which a focus of bronchopneumonia sometimes associated with areas of atelectasis is observed. Reticulonodular lesions are observed less frequently but pseudomiliary or even pseudotumoral images may be present. Pleurisy was found in 17.1% of the cases, which is contrary to the data of the published literature, but no mediastinal or hilar adenopathy was observed. The authors emphasize the frequent unilateral localization of the lesions in the lower pulmonary zone, but stress that the classical migratory character of the lesions is difficult to evaluate in an affection which often involves multiple lesions.