pulmonology

Question 1

cough, dyspnea, wheezing with normal crx, hyperinflated lungs or atelectasis

Answer 1

asthma

Question 2

obliterates the right heart boarder

Answer 2

right middle lobe atelectasis

Question 3

obliterates the left heart boarder

Answer 3

lingula atelectasis

Question 4

obliterates the diaphragm

Answer 4

lower lobe atelectasis

Question 5

obliterates the aortic knuckle

Answer 5

left upper lobe

Question 6

minor fissure takes an S shaped appearance

Answer 6

golden S sign

Question 7

most common cause of fever on 24 hours post op

Answer 7

atelectasis

Question 8

positive air bronchogram sign

Answer 8

pneumonia

Question 9

fluffy infiltrates

Answer 9

pneumonia

Question 10

lower thoracic vertebrae becomes whiter, lower lobe infiltrates

Answer 10

spine sign

Question 11

pneumatocoeles

Answer 11

staph pneumonia

Question 12

panthon valentin leukocidine

Answer 12

staph pneumonia

Question 13

honey comb - prominent cystic spaces

Answer 13

bronchiectasis

Question 14

popcorn workers lung

Answer 14

bronchiolitis obliterance

Question 15

cause of popcorn workers lungs

Answer 15

exposure to diacetyl

Question 16

popcorn calcification - coin lesion

Answer 16

hamartoma

Question 17

cannon balls or cotton balls

Answer 17

pulmonary metastasis

Question 18

waterlily sign

Answer 18

hydatid cyst

Question 19

most common cause of hydatid cyst

Answer 19

echinococcus granulosus

Question 20

most common complication of hydatid cyst

Answer 20

rupture

Question 21

consequence of hydatid cyst rupture

Answer 21

anaphylactic shock

Question 22

most common anterior mediastinal mass

Answer 22

thymoma

Question 23

disease associated with thymoma

Answer 23

myasthenia gravis

Question 24

anterior mediastinal masses

Answer 24

thymoma
teratoma
terrible lymphoma
thyroid pathology
thoracic aortic aneurysm

Question 25

most common middle mediastinal mass

Answer 25

adenopathy

Question 26

chest PA - opacity silhouetting the heart

Lateral - opacity in the retrosternal space

Answer 26

anterior mediastinal mass

Question 27

opacity silhouetting the aorta and pulmonary arteries

Answer 27

middle mediastinal mass

Question 28

posterior mediastinal masses

Answer 28

neuroblastoma
neurofibroma
schwannoma
ganglioneuroma

Question 29

opacity of the posterior mediastinum. increase in size of the neural foramina

Answer 29

posterior mediastinal mass

Question 30

deflection of the mediastinum towards the affected side

Answer 30

atelectasis

Question 31

deflection of the mediastinum towards the unaffected side

Answer 31

pleural effusion

pneumothorax

Question 32

pseudotumor , phantom tumor

Answer 32

loculated pleural effusion

Question 33

diagnostic tool for loculated pleural effusion

Answer 33

ultrasound

Question 34

management for loculated pleural effusion

Answer 34

CTT

Question 35

positive visceral pleural lines with no lung markings

Answer 35

pneumothorax

Question 36

may be the only sign of pneumothorax in the supine view

Answer 36

deep sulcus sign

Question 37

crunching sound on auscultation

Answer 37

pneumomediastinum

Question 38

unilateral pleural calcification

Answer 38

emphyema

Question 39

bilateral pleural calcification

Answer 39

asbestosis

Question 40

an interface not visible when two ares of similar density overlap

Answer 40

silhouette sign

Question 41

steeple sign

Answer 41

laryngotracheo bronchitis

Question 42

diffuse ground glass opacification

Answer 42

respiratory distress syndrome

Question 43

deficiency of surfactant

surface atelectasis

Answer 43

respiratory distress syndrome

Question 44

a.k.a laryngotracheo bronchitis

Answer 44

croup

Question 45

seal like barking cough

Answer 45

croup

Question 46

inverted V sign

Answer 46

croup

Question 47

drooling
dysphagea
difficulty of breathing

Answer 47

epiglottis

Question 48

thumb sign

Answer 48

epiglottis