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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Rare: pleural effusions ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Split Pleura Sign ... on Chest CT • ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Atoll Sign (Reverse-Halo Sign) on Chest CT
 • Central GGO surrounded by a crescentic or circumferential
CT • Central GGO ... consolidation • DDx: COP ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Blood cultures • CXR ... seen • Chest CT ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Nasal polyps and signs ... Physical stigmata of cor ... in the adjacent lung ... high-resolution chest CT ... mycobacteria Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... sparing of the lung ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
Sometimes a CT is ... fracture from a lung ... a patient with COPD ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... cough Pleuritic CP ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... bilateral pleural effusions ... of CXR congestion ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology