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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
History: cough, dyspnea ... consolidation and GG pattern ... , cavities • HRCT ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Asthma • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD ... • CHF • Sarcoidosis
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
morphologic findings on HRCT ... idiopathic or cryptogenic ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
cHP = chronic hypersensitivity ... pneumonitis; HRCT ... #pneumonitis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #HP #ILD
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
interpretation of HRCT ... the dominant HR-pattern ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
with subtle HRCT-findings ... The dominant pattern ... interpretion of the HRCT ... PCP would be on top ... #RadiologyAssistant