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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
pneumonia • formerly BOOP ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... consolidation and GG pattern ... #ILD #diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... BOOP - Bronchiolitis ... #Pulmonary #CXR
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
was caused by multiple ... challenging differential diagnosis ... the central dot sign ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #LCH #
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... Mediterranean areas ... associated with mild ... Positive Carnett's sign ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... EGPA • ESR and CRP ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... Goodpasture's cause ... • IF staining patterns
In the images on your left you can appreciate again the spectrum of findings seen in
(dark bronchus sign ... fine reticular pattern ... excluding UIP as diagnosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
full infectious work-up ... Treat underlying cause ... - Occurs after CAR-T ... speech changes (CAR-T ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... x-ray (CXR), try ... radiograph pattern ... not seen on a CXR ... Most commonly caused
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
globally, excluding areas ... the acute flare; chest ... -1 • CAPS Combination ... unlike PFAPA, CAPS ... dominant inheritance pattern