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Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... the right lower lobe ... dealing with the differential ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
a patient with long ... There is fibrosis ... The differential ... with upper lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
features of COVID-19 pneumonia ... More than two lobes ... ultrasound - ... with pulmonary fibrosis ... POCUS #features #Radiology
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... smokers, upper lobe ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... throughout the whole lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
the left lower lobe ... pneumonitis or fibrosis ... consider drug-related lung ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology