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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
• formerly BOOP ... - Diagnosis: ... - No specific lab ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
the differential diagnosis ... The lab-findings ... also known as BOOP ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... BOOP - Bronchiolitis ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM ... ), • Pulmonary ... , Beomycin • Acute ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
these patterns are ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
excluded more common diagnoses ... Acute Eosinophilic ... Dyspnea+, Pleuritic Chest ... Effusions - Rare ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Here are the most ... patterns on a chest ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Interstitium • ILD
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
differentiate between acute ... the differential diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Consolidation #Acute ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... Asthma attack, ILD ... Pleural effusion, Pneumonia ... , COPD, CTEPH, ILD