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Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... With disease progression ... Calcification (seen in CT ... #Silicosis #clinical ... radiology #CXR #Chest
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
on Chest X-Ray ... is a chronic interstitial ... lung disease with ... which is caused by disease ... #silicosis #clinical
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
, as in cystic fibrosis ... CT demonstrated ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
In chronic HP fibrotic ... throughout the whole lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Mimic #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... Connective tissue diseases ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
in chronic hypersensitivity ... consider drug-related lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... • Periodontal disease ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : Pleuritic chest ... CT Lung Abscess
The azygoesophageal recess is the region inferior to the level of the azygos vein arch in
which the right lung ... hernia Esophageal disease ... Bronchogenic cyst #Clinical ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CTChest #AzygoesophagealRecess
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... a patient with long ... diagnosis includes chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... Malignancies • Chronic