Cough, Breathlessness

22-year-old patient presents with cough and breathlessness.

Figure 1A. CT showed bilateral confluent areas of ground glass opacities, consolidations along with thickening of interlobular septae.

Figure 1B. CT showed bilateral confluent areas of ground glass opacities, consolidations along with thickening of interlobular septae.

Figure 1C. CT showed bilateral confluent areas of ground glass opacities, consolidations along with thickening of interlobular septae.

Figure 1D. CT showed bilateral confluent areas of ground glass opacities, consolidations along with thickening of interlobular septae.

Figure 2A. Right pleural effusion noted.

Figure 2B. Right pleural effusion noted.

Chest X-ray showed bilateral lung infiltrates and pleural effusion. Patient was diagnosed to be a case of swine flu (H1N1 influenza).

Described imaging spectrum is broad which each feature being non specific on its own.

H1N1 influenza is a strain of influenza that notably resulted in a pandemic in 2009.