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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia (COP ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... , C3, C4, anti-CCP ... • CXR (diffuse ... high resolution chest
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... OP is organizing ... 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 ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... , Dyspnea, H/O COPD ... Management #Algorithm #differential
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Patterns - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonia, COP ... Sarcoidosis, NSIP, COP ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cough Pleuritic CP ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cough Pleuritic CP ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
heart failure, COPD ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... /- High res CT chest ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
diagnosis. ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... proteinaceous material ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
Differential diagnosis ... adenocarcinoma in situ; COP ... interstitial pneumonia; OP ... pneumonia; PZ, pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary