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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Pneumonia (COP) ... • Secondary OP ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... #Pneumonia #COP
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... : Amiodarone, Nitrofurantoin ... ), Cryptogenic organizing ... pneumonia (COP) ... #causes
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
multiple small bilateral ... in the former case ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #COP #Cryptogenic ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
lobar pneumonia caused ... pneumonia (OP) ... OP is organizing ... called cryptogenic (COP ... #CXR #Consolidation
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Pleuritic chest ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... reticular opacities on chest ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia ... (OP) - multiple ... nodular interstitial lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
Redistribution In a normal chest ... redistribution applies to chest ... practice many chest ... with old fims can ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... masses. ... pneumonia (OP) ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Distribution #Organizing
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Most Common Causes ... Physical stigmata of cor ... high-resolution chest ... Laboratory: • ANA, RF, CCP
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
In this case a lung ... Here we see an old ... chest film, which ... density on the chest ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR