Lecture 11: Radiology of the thorax 2 Flashcards
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What causes air space opacification?
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- Fluid (or tissue) within the lung that usually contains air - i.e water, blood, pus - i.e cancer
2
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What are the types of descriptor terms for opacification
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- Focal - Multifocal asymmetrical - Lobular (lobe of lung) - Patchy (Incomplete airspace filling with air filled region, opp = confluent) -> Central or symmetrical Distribution: Peripheral / central or perihilar, symmetrical or asymetrical
3
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What are a notable features of a pneumothorax:
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- pleural collapse (hemidiaphragm flat) - lung collapse
4
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What are a notable feature of pleural effusion?
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- Blunting of costo-diaphragmatic angle
5
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What are some notable features of lobar pneumonia?
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- Lobar anatomy limits infection spread - May see air bronchogram in consolidation
6
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What is on the left and on the right?
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Left: HF
Right: Pneumonia
7
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Tension pneumothorax
8
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Traumatic pneumothorax
9
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Pneumomediastinum
10
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Pleural effusion
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Heart failure
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Pulmonary embolism
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Hiatus hernia
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Lobar pneumonia (LUL)
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Pneumonia with cavaties
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Pneumonia with cavities i.e E-coli
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Aspiration pneumonia often posterior - bacterial
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Diffuse patchy opacification
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Pneumocystis (fungal) i.e in immunosepressed
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Aspergillosis (fungal)
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HF central distribution
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Pneumothorax
23
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Deviated trachea
