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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 ... Diseases With Upper Lobe ... clearance: - Cystic Fibrosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Notice the cavitation especially on the right.
In the left upper lobe there is probably some traction-bronchiectasis
the left upper lobe ... traction-bronchiectasis due to the fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pulmonary #CTChest #Tuberculosis
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
Progressive Massive Fibrosis ... Silicosis is a fibrotic ... lung disease caused ... bilaterally in the upper lobes ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
Progressive Massive Fibrosis ... Progressive Massive Fibrosis ... chronic interstitial lung ... benign, upper lobe ... silicosis #clinical #radiology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... infection • Pulmonary fibrotic ... • Progressive lung ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... lung involvement
Tuberculous peritonitis of long evolution  in a patient with severe malnutrition. 
The fibrous tracts are
Tuberculous peritonitis ... of long evolution ... The fibrous tracts ... #peritonitis #Tuberculosis ... POCUS #Clinical #Ultrasound
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Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... infection • Pulmonary fibrotic ... • Progressive lung ... Progression: • Upper lobe ... lung involvement
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 ... also results in fibrosis ... with upper lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
smokers, upper lobe ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... throughout the whole lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Fibrosis
Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis (PPFE) on Chest CT
47 M with idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis. Typical imaging findings:
- Upper lobe
findings: - Upper lobe ... subpleural and pleural fibrosis ... Rare - GVHD, lung ... PPFE #ChestCT #radiology