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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
BOOP • Type of ... Pneumonia - Clinical ... : • CXR: Peripheral ... Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... #ILD #diagnosis
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... So we are dealing ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... caused by streptococcus ... The old name is BOOP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Chilaiditi Sign on Chest X-Ray
Anterior interposition of the colon between the hemidiaphragm and the liver.
Chilaiditi sign
Chilaiditi Sign ... thus important to diagnose ... it correctly so ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical #radiology
Pneumoperitoneum vs Pseudo-Pneumoperitoneum aka Chilaiditi Sign
It mimics pneumoperitoneum and it is thus important to diagnose it
aka Chilaiditi Sign ... thus important to diagnose ... it correctly so ... #clinical #radiology ... #cxr #xray #chest
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Organizing pneumonia ... disease, that is so ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Symptoms: cough, abdominal ... distension, wheeze, abdominal ... Chest x-ray: signs ... of CXR congestion
On the left two cases with chronic consolidation. 
There are patchy non-segmental consolidations in a subpleural
The final diagnosis ... was cryptogenic organizing ... will be other signs ... look like this #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Arthritis) - MSK Radiology ... mass and NO prior signs ... THE X-RAY! ... relatively common, so ... #Radiology #diagnosis
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... not seen on a CXR ... consider intra-abdominal ... Most commonly caused ... #Radiology #CTChest