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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia (COP ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP
Mosaic Attenuation on Chest CT
 • Variable attenuation seen on a chest CT in a lobular
BO, CTEPH, PJP, CEP ... , HP, COP https ... Attenuation #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
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
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... detected on CT or CXR ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... the severity Acute ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... sliding COPD or ... #differential #diagnosis
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonia, COP ... Sarcoidosis, NSIP, COP ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
organizing pneumonia (COP ... pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute ... Diseases #ILD #diagnosis
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Management of Acute ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
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 #
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
differentiate between acute ... - Lung neoplasms ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR