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Interventional bronchoscopic and surgical treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Overview of various therapies used
treatments for chronic ... obstructive pulmonary ... disease (COPD). ... patients with COPD ... are approved for clinical
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
obstruction • COPD ... , in advanced disease ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
like acute or chronic ... illness, clinical ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... neuromuscular disease ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... often w/ acute on chronic ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
Sometimes a CT is ... fracture from a lung ... a patient with COPD ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
lung disease ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... Disease: Clinical ... Disease: • Clinical ... Imaging, high res CT
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
a repeat chest CT ... malignancy, clinical ... comorbidities, such as chronic ... disease and coronary ... artery disease;
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... • Periodontal disease ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... #Abscess #pulmonary
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
The clue here is
enlargement of pulmonary ... caliber due to chronic ... thromboembolic disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Thromboembolism #RadiologyAssistant
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Also known as: Lung ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... • Nonspecific chronic ... bronchus • Chest CT ... Tracheobronchial Diseases