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Shark Tail Appearance of Consolidated Lung on Pleural Effusion on POCUS

Dr. David Feller-Kopman @dfellerk

#Pleural #Effusion #pulmonary
Consolidated Lung on Pleural ... Effusion on POCUS ... Feller-Kopman @dfellerk #Pleural ... #Effusion #pulmonary ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... the area next to pleura ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... effusion - Reduced ... Possible bilateral effusion ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
POCUS Pulmonary ... drain on POCUS ... effusion where ... clinical #video #POCUS ... #pulmonary #respiratory
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural ... effusion; sometimes ... low attenuation areas ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary complications of targeted therapy
-Immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. pembrolizumab)
-Pneumonitis is uncommon (~5% of patients) but can
Pulmonary complications ... well as radiation pneumonitis ... case reports of pleural ... effusion associated ... clinical diagnosis pneumonitis
Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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defined spared areas ... effusion - Usually ... Large pleural effusion ... effusion in the ... #COVID19 #POCUS
Spine sign: visualization of the vertebral bodies in the thoracic cavity above the diaphragm indicative of
indicative of pleural ... effusion. ... effusion, the spine ... #SpineSign #POCUS ... #Effusion #Pulmonary
Right pleural effusion with "spine sign" seen beautifully by using large footprint curvilinear transducer on lung
Right pleural effusion ... Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... Sign #Clinical #POCUS ... #Lung #Pleural ... #pulmonary
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... Mosaic pattern with areas ... atenuation and areas ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant