Chest Radiographic Manifestations of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Health Care Workers: The Toronto Experience
Richard Bitar1,2,
William J. Weiser1,2,
Monica Avendaño3,
Peter Derkach3,
Donald E. Low4 and
Derek Muradali1,2
1 Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael's Hospital, 60 Bond St., Toronto,
ON M5B 1W8, Canada.
2 Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine,
Fitzgerald Building, 150 College St., Rm. 127, Toronto, ON M5S 3E2,
Canada.
3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, West Park Health Centre, 82 Buttonwood
Ave., Toronto, ON M6M 2J5, Canada.
4 Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave.,
Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada.

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Fig. 1A. 63-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Chest radiograph at presentation shows right suprahilar and peripheral right
middle lobe air-space disease.
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Fig. 1B. 63-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Chest radiograph on day 4 shows right suprahilar findings have worsened, and
no change is seen in right middle lobe. New peripheral left mid lung air-space
disease is now seen.
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Fig. 1C. 63-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Chest radiograph on day 8 shows that the findings have improved.
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Fig. 2A. 38-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Initial chest radiograph was normal.
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Fig. 2B. 38-year-old woman with severe acute respiratory syndrome.
Chest radiograph on day 7 after admission shows developed right lower lobe
air-space disease. Note subtle peripheral left mid and lower lung air-space
disease.
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Fig. 3. Chest radiograph of 42-year-old woman with severe acute
respiratory syndrome obtained on day 7 after admission shows
"round" infiltrates in right upper lobe and right lower lobe.
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