6 results
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
Clinical history ... biliary, renal, lung ... : nonspecific, absent ... phase reactants, eosinophilia ... #management #phenotypes
Reduced Lung Sliding in the setting of COPD Exacerbation and Hyperinflation
60 yo w SOB and hypoxia.
Lung ultrasound ... appreciate, making pneumothorax ... Remember not all absent ... lungsliding #pulmonary #clinical ... #ultrasound #reduced
Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

A young male presents with acute onset right sided chest pain and shortness
Pneumothorax on ... In absence of lung ... #Pneumothorax #Lung ... POCUS #Sliding #Ultrasound ... #clinical #Labeled
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL ... • Peripheral eosinophilia ... and Aspergillus IgG ... ABPA #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... adiacent alveoli • Absence ... pneumonia, Chronic eosinophilia ... pulmonary #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Toxocariasis
Pathogen: Toxocara - worldwide distributed helminth 
Transmission: 
 • Dogs and cats are the major source
migrate through the lungs ... • History + clinical ... leukocytosis and eosinophilia ... assays detect human IgG ... #management #infectiousdiseases