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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... adiacent alveoli • Absence ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... reflection) Pneumonia ... effusion - Reduced ... Possible bilateral effusion ... lung sliding COPD
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Pericardial • Effusion ... EffusionsPleural ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Interstitium • ILD
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Framework • Fear ... and Anxiety • Pleural ... Effusion • Ascites ... • COPD • Hypothyroidism ... Edema • Severe Pneumonia
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
features of COVID-19 pneumonia ... - Pulmonary infiltrating ... consolidation Lung ultrasound ... patients with pulmonary ... #ChestCT #Ultrasound
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
/Chest Wall: • ... Acute: Trauma, COPD ... flare, Pleural ... effusion, Pneumonia ... effusion, Pulmonary
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
on POCUS 89-year-old ... Lung ultrasound ... reveals what chest ... POCUS #Clinical #Pulmonary ... #Effusion
Pneumothorax on Lung POCUS

A young male presents with acute onset right sided chest pain and shortness
onset right sided chest ... In absence of lung ... asthma, copd, ptx ... POCUS #Sliding #Ultrasound ... clinical #Labeled #Pulmonary
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
of multiple B-lines ... not reach the pleural ... from the anterior chest ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #mimics
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
and exudative pleural ... effusions • Acute ... Pleuritic chest ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP