Table 2 Thoracic CT imaging features subgrouped by pericardial CT findings
From: Pericardial computed tomography imaging findings in the setting of coccidioidomycosis
Thoracic CT chest features | Total | Pericardial findings on CT N, % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | p-value | |||
Parenchymal changes | |||||
Nodules | No | 4 | 2, 8% | 2, 18% | 0.57 |
Yes | 33 | 24, 92% | 9, 82% | ||
Miliary pattern | No | 30 | 22, 85% | 8, 73% | 0.40 |
Yes | 7 | 4, 15% | 3, 27% | ||
Consolidation | No | 12 | 11, 42% | 1, 9% | 0.06 |
Yes | 25 | 15, 58% | 10, 91% | ||
Cavitation | No | 24 | 18, 69% | 6, 55% | 0.46 |
Yes | 13 | 8, 31% | 5, 45% | ||
Mass(s) | No | 33 | 23, 88% | 10, 91% | 1.00 |
Yes | 4 | 3, 12% | 1, 9% | ||
Mediastinal/hilar LNs | No | 17 | 14, 54% | 3, 27% | 0.17 |
Yes | 20 | 12, 46% | 8, 73% | ||
Pleural effusion | No | 24 | 22, 85% | 2, 18% | < 0.001 |
Yes | 13 | 4, 15% | 9, 82% | ||
Laterality | Unilateral | 7 | 4, 100% | 3, 33% | 0.07 |
Bilateral | 6 | 0, 0% | 6, 67% | ||
Volume | Trace | 6 | 2, 50% | 4, 44% | 1.00 |
Small | 6 | 2, 50% | 4, 44% | ||
Large | 1 | 0, 0% | 1, 11% | ||