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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Interstitium • ILD ... #Algorithm #Causes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... #ILD #diagnosis
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... illness, clinical ... filling of the alveoli ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... content of the alveoli ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
- Sporadic cases ... inoculation • Clinical ... is described as alveolar ... patients with chronic ... disease - Mild
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
) Differential diagnosis ... Subacute stage: - RB-ILD ... centrilobular emphysema. - Alveolar ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
masses. ... month history of chronic ... of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... bleeding into the alveoli ... Here we see an old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Chronic toxicity ... (e.g., chronic ... macrophages in alveolar ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs