Paraseptal emphysema
Diagnosis certain
Updates to Case Attributes
Diagnostic Certainty
was set to
.
Presentation
was changed:
Smoking patient with complaints of prolonged coughing, wheezing and nodule seen on x-ray examination.
Race
changed from Caucasian to .
Body
was changed:
Para-septal emphysema affects the peripheral parts of the secondary pulmonary lobule, and is usually located adjacent to the pleural surfaces (including pleural fissures). It is also associated with smoking, and can lead to the formation of subpleural bullae and spontaneous pneumothorax.
-<p>Para-septal <a href="/articles/pulmonary-emphysema" title="Emphysema : general">emphysema </a>affects the peripheral parts of the <a href="/articles/secondary-pulmonary-lobule" title="Secondary pulmonary lobule">secondary pulmonary lobule</a>, and is usually located adjacent to the pleural surfaces (including pleural fissures) . It is also associated with <strong>smoking</strong>, and can lead to the formation of subpleural bullae and spontaneous <a href="/articles/pneumothorax" title="Pneumothorax">pneumothorax</a>. </p>- +<p>Para-septal <a href="/articles/pulmonary-emphysema">emphysema </a>affects the peripheral parts of the <a href="/articles/secondary-pulmonary-lobule">secondary pulmonary lobule</a>, and is usually located adjacent to the pleural surfaces (including pleural fissures). It is also associated with <strong>smoking</strong>, and can lead to the formation of subpleural bullae and spontaneous <a href="/articles/pneumothorax">pneumothorax</a>.</p>
Updates to Study Attributes
Caption
was added:
CT Chest (selected images)
Findings
was added:
Subpleural blebs and small focal lucencies up to 10mm in size.
Images Changes:
Image CT (C+ portal venous phase) ( update )
Perspective
was set to
Coronal.
Single Or Stack Root
was set to
.
Image CT (C+ portal venous phase) ( update )
Perspective
was set to
Axial.
Single Or Stack Root
was set to
.
Image CT (C+ portal venous phase) ( update )
Perspective
was set to
Axial.
Single Or Stack Root
was set to
.
Image CT (C+ portal venous phase) ( update )
Perspective
was set to
Coronal.
Single Or Stack Root
was set to
.