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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... 6th decades of life ... - Imaging: • CXR ... - Diagnosis: ... #ILD #diagnosis
Normal Hilar Anatomy on Chest X-Ray
The hilum is 95% vessels and while it is not important
Normal Hilar Anatomy ... branches and the pulmonary ... Pulmonary artery ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical #radiology
Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia - Radiography of the chest revealed a cardiac apex, aortic arch, and gastric bubble
Pneumonia - Radiography ... pneumonia was diagnosed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Kartagener ... #NEJM
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
and other non-pulmonary ... Lobar pneumonia ... Organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Differential Diagnosis ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
The left main pulmonary artery (in purple) passes over the left main bronchus and is higher
The left main pulmonary ... passes over the left ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Pulmonary #Artery
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
upper area of the left ... treatment for pulmonary ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM
There is displacement of the azygoesophageal line both superiorly an inferiorly.
There is an air-fluid level (arrow).
Combined
The final diagnosis ... density on the left ... prior aspiration pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Achalasia
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Characterized by left ... Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... congestion on a CXR ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest