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Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
a construction worker ... chronic interstitial lung ... disease with a ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... silicosis #clinical #radiology
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... bilaterally in the upper ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay ... #labeled #pulmonary
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... Pulmonary Diseases ... clearance: - Cystic Fibrosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
inflammation or tumor ... or interstitial lung ... disease (i.e. fibrosis ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
disease. ... disease that results ... airways leading to pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
with airspace disease ... Even fibrosis as ... UIP, NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... combinations of fibrosis ... on the left in order ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis (PPFE) on Chest CT
47 M with idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis. Typical imaging findings:
- Upper lobe
subpleural and pleural fibrosis ... Rare - GVHD, lung ... PPFE #ChestCT #radiology ... #clinical #pulmonary ... #CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
fibrotic lesions ... Immunosuppression • Tumor ... Progression: • Upper ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
fibrotic lesions ... Immunosuppression • Tumor ... Progression: • Upper ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and