diffuse infiltrates

Description

Abnormal pulmonary density visible on chest x-ray caused by infection (pneumonia) or chemical irritant (pneumonitis); varies from minimal "fluffy" fluid densities to frank consolidation;

Category

Chest X-ray

ICD-9 Code

793.1

ICD-10 Code

R91

Diseases

Diseases associated with this finding or symptom:

• Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
• Anthrax
• Arenaviral hemorrhagic fevers (S. America)
• Blastomycosis
• Brucellosis
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Colorado tick fever
• Coronavirus infections
• Dengue fever
• Ehrlichiosis
• Entamoeba histolytica infection
• Filariasis
• Fumigants, acute toxic effect
• Glanders
• Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
• Hendra and Nipah viral diseases
• Histoplasmosis
• Influenza
• Legionellosis
• Leptospirosis
• Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
• Measles
• Melioidosis
• Mycoplasmal pneumonia
• Organophosphates & carbamates, acute poisoning
• Paracoccidioidomycosis
• Plague
• Pneumonitis, toxic
• Psittacosis
• Q fever
• Schistosomiasis, hepatic and intestinal
• Silicosis, acute
• Strongyloidiasis
• Tuberculosis
• Tularemia
• Typhus, mite-borne scrub