12 results
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Pneumonia (COP) ... - Imaging: • CXR ... #Pneumonia #COP ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
The findings in ... in the former case ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... #Pneumonia #ILD
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
HRCT findings in ... OP - Bilateral ... consolidations of OP ... #CTChest #COP # ... #Pneumonia #ILD
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 ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
masses. ... The lab-findings ... pneumonia (OP) ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
findings. ... between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia ... (OP) - multiple ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
On the left two cases with chronic consolidation. 
There are patchy non-segmental consolidations in a subpleural
On the left two cases ... was cryptogenic organizing ... pneumonia (COP) ... pneumonia the HRCT findings ... #CTChest #COP #
On the left a patient with both septal thickening and ground glass opacity in a patchy
combination of findings ... pneumonia (NSIP), organizing ... pneumonia (COP) ... distress syndrome and pulmonary ... #CTChest #SeptalThickening
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Characteristic finding ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... and confirmatory findings ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP ... #diagnosis #management