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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
know, that the pathology ... This was a consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
• formerly BOOP ... - Clinical manifestations ... - Imaging: • CXR ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... The old name is BOOP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
Cryptogenic organizing ... pneumonia (COP) ... Sarcoidosis end-stage: consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
with multifocal consolidations ... also known as BOOP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP #Cryptogenic ... #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HighAttenuation #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
bilateral peripheral consolidations ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP #Cryptogenic ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
In the proper clinical ... causes of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
bilateral peripheral consolidations ... also organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP #Cryptogenic ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant