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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... DDX: • CAP, ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
and Management ... Pneumonia Signs ... urea nitrogen level ... Yield of blood CX ... procalcitonin level
Diffuse consolidation in bronchopneumonia
Here another case of diffuse consolidation.
This patient had fever and cough.
This was thought
This patient had fever ... to multifocal ill-defined ... be caused by many ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
treatment) • Can ... Fever 4. ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
film of a 19 year old ... this pattern was caused ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
right heart border can ... be ill-defined, ... produces a silhouette sign ... helpful in such cases ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest