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Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
Progressive Massive ... lung disease caused ... bilaterally in the upper lobes ... #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
Fibrosis on Chest ... interstitial lung ... benign, upper lobe ... #Fibrosis #Chest ... silicosis #clinical #radiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... caused by a rigid chest ... clearance: - Cystic Fibrosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
volume loss and fibrotic ... changes in the basal lung ... reticulation with a lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
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 ... #CTChest #UIP #
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
the left lower lobe ... patients with a UIP ... consider drug-related lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced