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On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
pneumonia. ... collagen vascular diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Cryptogenic #Organizing
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
pneumonia, but ... collagen vascular disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Cryptogenic #Organizing
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
Cryptogenic organizing ... pneumonia (COP) ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Other examples are organizing ... OP is organizing ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Drug-induced organizing pneumonia is commonly caused by Bleomycin and Cyclophosphamide and other drugs like Methotrexate, Amiodarone,
Drug-induced organizing ... the same as in cryptogenic ... organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
exclusion of other diseases ... organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Cryptogenic #Organizing
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing ... Females SIGNS/SYMPTOMS ... steroids for severe disease ... #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #diagnosis #management
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Cytomegalovirus, Influenza, Lymphocytic ... Bronchoalveolar cancer, Organizing ... pneumonia • Cavitary ... bacterial pneumonia ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... and interstitial pneumonia ... idiopathic or cryptogenic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
in situ; COP, cryptogenic ... organising pneumonia ... ; OP, organising ... respiratory tract disease ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Radiology