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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) ... COP. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing ... DIAGNOSTICS: Clinical ... steroids for severe disease ... #Cryptogenic #Organizing ... #management #pulmonary
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
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
pneumonia (OP) ... OP is organizing ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... (COP). ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
On the left two cases with chronic consolidation. 
There are patchy non-segmental consolidations in a subpleural
organizing pneumonia ... (COP). ... look like this #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #COP #Cryptogenic
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
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
adenocarcinoma in situ; COP ... , cryptogenic organising ... ; OP, organising ... respiratory tract disease ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Radiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... idiopathic or cryptogenic ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest