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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
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
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
chronic interstitial lung ... disease with a ... by disease progression ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #silicosis #clinical
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT
Metastases
Metastases are the most common cause of multiple pulmonary masses.
Usually they vary in size and are
to the lungs. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LungMets ... #Lung #Metastases ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... particularly at the lung ... pattern at the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
areas where the lung ... these borders lung-soft ... localizers of disease ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR
The azygoesophageal recess is the region inferior to the level of the azygos vein arch in
which the right lung ... azygoesophageal line is caused ... hernia Esophageal disease ... Bronchogenic cyst #Clinical ... #Anatomy #Radiology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Cystic fibrosis ... Connective tissue diseases ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
potentially treatable lung ... disease. ... the lung disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... GroundGlass #GGO #RadiologyAssistant