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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... studies legionella/strep ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Mosaic Attenuation on Chest CT
 • Variable attenuation seen on a chest CT in a lobular
BO, CTEPH, PJP, CEP ... , HP, COP https ... Attenuation #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
organism identified, Strep ... heart failure, COPD ... , Lung cancer, Primary ... /- High res CT chest ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... Aeruginosa - Strep ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
elimination of CO2 ... • ↑ Mechanical stress ... caused by a rigid chest ... #differential #diagnosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... area of the left lung ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Atoll Sign (Reverse-Halo Sign) on Chest CT
 • Central GGO surrounded by a crescentic or circumferential
Reverse-Halo Sign) on Chest ... consolidation • DDx: COP ... Halo #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Change in clinical ... Cardiology: ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia (OP ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... cough Pleuritic CP ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis