Chest Flashcards
When is pancoast’s tumour unresectable? (4)
What type of lung cancer?
- Brachial plexus involvement above T1 (C8 or higher).
- Diaphragm paralysis (C3,4 and 5): phrenic nerve compression from lung cancer. Test: sniff test.
- > 50% vertebral body involvement.
- Distal nodes/mets
Non small cell lung cancer (Squamous cell)
Name the different types of pathology with thymus (4)
- Rebound thymus secondary to stress/chemo
- Cysts
- Thymoma (non invasive –> invasive (+/- calcification)
- Thymolipoma- fat and soft tissue
What are the associations with thymoma? (3)
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Pure red cell aplasia
- Hypogammaglubinaemia
Name the anterior mediastinal masses: (4)
- Thymoma
- Teratoma
- Thyroid
- Terrible lymphoma
Most common teratoma in anterior mediastinum:
Germ cell tumour
What is the appearance of teratoma?
Cystic mass + fat +/- calcification ?teeth
What is the most common location for pericardial cyst?
Right anterior cardiophrenic angle.
Name the posterior mediastinal masses: (2 and then 7)
a) Neurogenic: -
- Schwannoma -
- Neurofibroma -
- Peripheral nerve sheath tumour
b) BM -
- Extra medullary haematopoiesis -
- CML -
- Myelofibrosis -
- Thalasaemia
Name the middle mediastinal masses: (4)
- Lymphadenopathy
- Bronchogenic cyst
- Fibrosing mediastinitis
- Mediastinal lipomatosis- Obesity/cushing/ streroid
What are the causes of lipoid pneumonia?
a) Exogenous- aspiration of oil
b) Endogenous- more common- secondary to post obstructive processes ie Fat density in consolidation
Re Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis-PAP
a) What are they at increased risk?
b) Appearances?
c) Treatment?
a) increased risk of Nocardia infection- brain abscess
b) Crazy paving with septal thickening and GGO
c) Bronchoalveolar lavage
What are the three stages of congestive cardiac failure?
- Redistribution: cardiomegaly, UL vessel diversion
- Interstitial oedema: Kerley lines, peribronchial cuffing
- Alveolar oedema: airspace fluffy opacity
What are the DDx for crazy paving? (5) ie septal thickening and GG
- PAP
- Oedema
- Haemorrhage
- BAC
- Acute interstitial pneumonia
What differentiates a benign from malignant nodule? (3)
Malignant:
- Spiculated margin
- Air bronchogram through nodule- usu adenocarcinoma in situ
- Partially solid lesion with GG component
Benign:
- Fat
- Rapid doubling time
- Slow doubling time
Re Squamous cell lung cancer:
- where is it located?
- Ectopic ?
- Example
- It is centrally located +/- cavitation
- Ectopic PTH
- Pancoast tumour (NSCLC)
What type is a pancoast tumour?
Squamous cell
Re Small cell lung cancer:
- Location
- Paraneoplastic
- Central, near main lobarbronchi
- Paraneoplastic ACTH/SIADH
Where is large cell lung cancer usually located?
It is usually peripheral.
What is a Lambert Eaton syndrome?
Proximal muscle weakness secondary to ACh near NMJ.
Where is the predominance of NSIP?
Lower lobes, posterior and peripheral predominance with sparring of the immediate subpleural spaces.
immediate subpleural sparing - a relatively specific sign
What causes NSIP? (3)
it is important to carefully scrutinise the images, looking for findings such as joint or bony changes, oesophageal dilatation, pleural and pericardial effusion, etc. as it has been mentioned earlier NSIP pattern is also associated with many other conditions.
- Collagen vascular disease
- Drug reaction
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
What is the histology in UIP?
Heterogenous
List the differences between NSIP and UIP:
NSIP:
- Homogenous histology.
- GG and micronodules.
- Most common in scleroderma.
UIP:
- Heterogenous histology
- Honeycombing and traction bronchiectasis
RB-ILD- Smoking related
- Predominance?
- When to call it?
- UL- apical centrilobular GG nodules
- Resp bronchiolitis and symptoms.
DIP- smoking related- end spectrum of RB-ILD Appearances?
More diffuse GGO with patchy/subpleural distribution mainly in the lower lobes with some small cystic spaces.
What is Hughes Stovin syndrome?
This is a PA aneurysm similar or is Behcet. They get recurrent thrombophlebitis and PAA and rupture.
What is a Behcet?
Genital and mouth ulcers. Turkish descent Aorta thickening PAA
What is sarcoid staging?
0- Normal
1- Hilar/mediastinal nodes only
- Nodes + parenchymal disease
- Parenchymal disease
- END STAGE- FIBROSIS
Name the signs associated with sarcoid: (3)
a) 1,2,3 : biliateral hilar and right paratracheal nodes
b) Lambda sign: Same as 123 but in Gallium scan
c) CT Galaxy sign- UL masses with satellite nodules.
What is sarcoid?
Define Location?
Biochemical?
It is a non caseating granulomas.
Perilymphatic nodules with UL predominance.
Raised ACE and Ca
List DDx for reverse halo (ATOL) sign: (5)
- COP- CLASSIC
- Fungal pneumonia
- TB
- Wegeners
- Pulmonary infarct
List DDx for halo sign (5)
- Invasive aspergillosis- CLASSIC
- Other Fungus
- Haemorrhagic mets including melanoma
- Wegeners
- BAC
Re hypersensitivity pneumonitis
What is it caused by? BUZZWORD?
This is caused by inhaled organic antigen. (farmers lung, bird, mushroom, paint and etc)
BUZZWORD: HEAD CHEESE- mix of everything:
GG/consolidation/ air trapping
Re organising pneumonia
What is a COP?
What are the causes? (4)
Treatment?
What is the main DDx?
When cause is not known: COP: Reverse halo sign
Causes of organising pneumonia:
- Idiopathic,
- Collagen vascular disease
- Drugs (amiodarone)
- Infection
Treatment: steroid with good prognosis.- No fibrosis.
DDx: Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Re Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
What is it?
DDx?
CT?
Peripheral eosinophilia +/- asthma Looks similar to COP
CT: peripheral GGO/consolidation UL
What is a Caplan syndrome?
RA with UL lung nodules which can cavitate +/- pleural effusion.
Re Ankylosing spondylosis: - Which lobes?
- UL fibrobullous disease Usually unilateral first –> Bilateral
1) What is a shrinking lung syndrome?
2) What condition is associated with shrinking lung?
3) Causes?
1) Loss of volume in both lungs with lupus.
2) Shrinking lung for SLE
3) Diaphragm dysfunction/ pleuritic chest pain- present with pleuritis +/- pleural effusion.
Re Granulomatous Wegeners:(AKA Granulomatosis with polyangitis)
a) Which organs are affected?
b) Appearance?
c) Markers?
a)
- Upper tract/ sinuses
- Lungs
- Kidneys
b) Nodules with cavitation +/- GG secondary to haemorrhage.
c) cANCA +ve in 90 %
Causes of pulmonary hypertension:
ie; PA pressure > 25 mmHg
- Primary- idiopathic, uncommon
- Secondary: -
- Chronic PE -
- Right sided heart strain -
- Lung parenchymal disease-
- Fibrosis and emphysema
Define pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
PA HTN with normal wedge pressure.
The normal wedge pressure differentiates it from post cap causes such as: - LA myxoma - MS- mitral stenosis - PV stenosis.
What is an extra pleural haematoma?
If there is damage to the parietal pleural: Haemothorax If parietal pleura is intact : Extrapleural haematoma Persistent fluid collection after drain. There could be displacement of the extrapleural fat.
Re Fat embolism: - RF - Triad/ organs affected - Timing?
- After long bone fracture or IM rod placement. -
- Affects brain (changed mental state),
- skin (rash) and
- lung (SOB). -
Timing 1-2 days after #
Re Pseudomonas:
Appearance:
Typical patient group:
Patchy opacification with abscess formation
ICU patients on ventilators/ CF and PCD
Re Legionella Appearance:
Typical patient group:
Peripheral and subpleural airspace opacity.
Cavities in immunocompromised patients.
COPD and crappy air conditions X rays tend to lag behind resolution of symptoms.
Re Anthrax: Appearance
Haemorrhagic lymphadenitis, mediastinitis and haemothorax. Mediastinal widening with pleural effusionin setting of bioterrorism.
Re Klebsiella:
Appearance
Typical patient group:
What colour sputum?
BULGING fissure Pleural effusion with empyema and cavity
Alcoholic and NH resident
Current jelly sputum.
What are the 3 main differences between empyema and abscess?
Empyema: Abscess: -
Lentiform - Round -
Split pleural sign - Claw sign-acute angle w pleura -
Treated with chest drain -Not tx with drain risk of fistula
Define empyema necessitans:
Extension of empyema into chest wall and soft tissue. It is classically seen with TB or Actinomyces.
Types of diaphragmatic hernia: (2)
Back and Left: Bochdalek
Anterior and Right: Morgagni
DDx for pleural calcification: (5)
- Asbestos
- Old haemothorax
- Old infection
- TB
- Extraskeletal osteosarcoma.
Re Mesothelioma: -
What is it associated with? - Buzzword
Associated with asbestos exposure
*** Pleural Rind***
If direct invasion and extension into fissure, then highly suggestive.
Re Fibrous tumour of pleura
What is it?
What is it associated with?
This is a solitary tumour arising from visceral pleura
It is not associated with smoking/asbestos
It is associated with
- hypoglycaemia,
- hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
Pleural mets:
- Adenocarcinoma- most likely: - Lung - Breast -
- Lymphoma
- Pleural effusion
Lupus
Pleural and pericardial effusion
Fibrosis is uncommon but instead they will get shrinking lung.