Cardiothoracic Flashcards
Segments in the right lung
10 total
upper lobe: apical, posterior, anterior
middle lobe: medial, lateral
lower lobe: superior, anterior basal, lateral basal, medial basal, posterior basal
segments in the left lung
8 total
upper lobe: apico-posterior, anterior
lingula: superior, inferior
lower lobe: superior, anteromedial basal, lateral, posterior
most common pulmonary vein anatomy variant
separate vein draining the right middle lobe (30%)
What population gets lung cancer screening CT?
asymptomatic
age 55-80
30 pack year history
currently smoke or quit within past 15 years
differential for feeding vessel sign?
septic emboli
hematogenous mets
most common location for bronchial atresia
apico-posterior segment of left upper lobe
what is associated with horseshoe lung?
scimitar syndrome
what spares the costophrenic angles?
- pleural plaques
- LCH
- hypersensitivity pneumonitis
What can mimic alpha 1 antitrypsin/ pan lobular emphysema
IV ritalin use
Vanishing lung syndrome
idiopathic cause of giant bullous emphysema, results from avascular necrosis of the lung parenchyma and hyper inflation
- favors bilateral upper lobes
- defined as bullous disease occupying at least 1/3 of a hemithorax
- most common in young men
Ddx for perilymphatic nodules
- silicosis
- sarcoidosis
- lymphangitic spread of cancer
Ddx for centrilobular nodules
- RB- ILD
- infection
- hypersensitivity pneumonitis
Ddx for random nodules
- miliary TB
- mets
- fungal infection
DDx for Atoll (Reverse halo)
- Organizing pneumonia
- fungal pneumonia
- TB
- Wegener’s
- pulmonary infarct
Williams Campbell syndrome
congenital cystic bronchiectasis from deficeincy of cartilage in 4th-6th order bronchi