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Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
Mucoid impaction Mucus ... differentiating mucus ... bronchial obstruction caused ... In this case there ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... wall injury → mucous ... yellow or green mucus ... Most Common Causes ... Physical stigmata of cor
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
bronchioles, alveolar ducts ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... airways, alveolar ducts
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
from terminal duct ... breast e.g. biopsy, car ... mastitis • Usually caused ... diagnosis #surgery #causes
Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
• Persistent Ductus ... Arteriosis (PDA ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
Pectus excavatum ... patients with a pectus ... helpful in such cases ... Pectus excavatum ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
These images are of a patient who had widespread bronchopneumonia and was on ventilation.
During follow up
This was caused ... by a large mucus ... suction of the mucus ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
The most common causes ... in smokers - Mucus ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Total atelectasis
The chest x-ray shows total atelectasis of the right lung due to mucus plugging.
Notice the
right lung due to mucus ... A common cause of ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Bronchial atresia
Bronchial atresia is a congenital abnormality resulting from interruption of a bronchus with associated peripheral
associated peripheral mucus ... lungsegment is caused ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR