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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Pneumonia (COP) ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
arthritis and bilateral ... Patients with OP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Cryptogenic #Organizing
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
HRCT findings in OP ... consolidations of OP ... carcinoma, the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP #
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
multiple small bilateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Cryptogenic #Organizing
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing ... : Clinical diagnosis ... No secondary OP ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... #management #pulmonary
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
organizing pneumonia (OP ... OP is organizing ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... (COP). ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... Pressure like CP ... severe, tearing CP ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... , Dyspnea, H/O COPD
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
adenocarcinoma in situ; COP ... , cryptogenic organising ... interstitial pneumonia; OP ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Algorithm
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... , C3, C4, anti-CCP ... • CXR (diffuse ... high resolution chest ... #differential #diagnosis
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... for alternate diagnoses ... ventilated • CXR ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary