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Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Diseases - Pneumonia ... #Diseases #Radiology ... #Patterns #Lung ... #CXR #XRay #ChestCT ... #Differential #
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
or interstitial lung ... disease (i.e. fibrosis ... in ground glass pattern ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... disease comes from ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... typical eggshell pattern ... #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... on the left in order ... specific patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
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 ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #silicosis #clinical ... #radiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... due to lung disease ... lung disease Other ... and obstructive pattern ... tumoral obstruction, fibrosing
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... Pulmonary Diseases ... clearance: - Cystic Fibrosis ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... #diseases #differential
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... pattern, irregular ... zone, GGO, small ... ILD #diagnosis #management