Fig. 33

Tree-in bud sign. Small centrilobular nodularities and linear ramifications (white arrows in a and b) may be appreciated in the right lower lobe of a patient with cough and fever; these CT findings—which show the typical appearance of tree-in-bud—are related to the presence of inflammatory bronchiolitis. This tree-in-bud appearance is a morphological pattern that resembles a flowering tree (c)