X-ray manifestation of pulmonary complications in hand-foot-mouth disease

Objective:To study the chest X-ray features of children with pulmonary complications due to hand-foot-mouth disease.Methods:The X-ray CR chest films of 64 children with hand-foot-mouth disease were analyzed.Results:Of the 64 cases,22 manifested normal pulmonary features,42 abnormal features and 37 demonstrated fuzzy lung veins,dot-like,patchy dense shadows among lung veins.One case revealed pulmonary lobe consolidation and 4 cases appeared frosted-glass-like change in the lung fields.Conclusions:Pulmonary complications due to hand-foot-mouth disease manifest outstanding abnormal features in the X-ray film,which can help to learn the degree of pulmonary complications and guide the clinical therapy.