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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Pneumonia - Clinical ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... Pneumonia - Diagnosis
Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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superimposed bacterial pneumonia ... Large pleural effusion ... areas #COVID19 #POCUS ... #Comparison #Table ... #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
A-lines (parietal pleura ... reflection) Pneumonia ... in severe cases ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infarction • Stable ... - Chest Wall/Pleura ... Effusion ... Parenchymal • Pneumonia
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Castleman's disease • Pleural ... Bronchoalveolar cancer, Organizing ... #differential #diagnosis ... #chestCT #radiology
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
effusions and parenchymal ... carcinoma, the diagnosis ... pneumonia was made ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pneumonia #ILD
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
was admitted for pneumonia ... - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #clinical ... respiratory #Chest #Lung
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS ... from a smooth pleura ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #HRCT #POCUS #Lung ... #Correlation #Table
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... multiple ill-defined masses ... the differential diagnosis ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
features of COVID-19 pneumonia ... effusion is rare ... fibrosis #COVID19 #pneumonia ... ChestCT #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #features #Radiology