Airspace Diseases

Question 1

Name causes of airspace opacification.

Answer 1

Oedema - cardiogenic, non cardiogenic

Inflammation - wegeners, COP

Blood - idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis, membrane antibody disease, SLE

Misc - eosinophilic pneumonia, alveolar proteinosis, alveolar cell CA, alveolar microlithiasis, lymphoma, sarcoidosis

Question 2

Name causes of pulmonary oedema.

Answer 2

Cardiogenic oedema

Noncardiogenic - fluid overload, drowning, drug induced, ARDS, high altitude, rapid re-expansions of collapsed lung, intracranial disease

Question 3

Table 21.3

Question 4

Table 21.4