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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
: • CXR: Peripheral ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... adiacent alveoli • Absence ... #ILD #diagnosis
COVID-19 Patterns of Lung Findings on Chest CT
1. Reverse Halo Sign
2. ARDS
3. Crazy-Paving Pattern
4. Bilateral Peripheral
COVID-19 Patterns ... Findings on Chest CT ... Organizing Pneumonia ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... radiology #CTChest #diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... OP is organizing ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
Diagnosis is generally ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... #Pneumonia #Venn ... #Pulmonolary
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... Differential Diagnosis ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
The differential diagnosis ... for absence of ... interface—this pattern ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #mimics