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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
consolidation and GG pattern ... irregular lines, nodular ... , cavities • HRCT ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... pattern The algorithm ... are visible, the pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... reticular, nodular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
Approach to the diagnosis ... pneumonitis; HRCT ... #pneumonitis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #HP #ILD
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
pattern. 1. ... TB: Tree-in-bud ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Pattern #NodularPattern
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
shown on HRCT is ... pattern. ... structures of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... veno-occlusive disease; BPD ... , chronic lung disease ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
morphologic findings on HRCT ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... consolidations, but ... called cryptogenic (COP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
the dominant HR-pattern ... : reticular nodular ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant