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Emphysema

  Diagnosis almost certain
Ian Bickle
Published 02 Jan 2017
79% complete
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Unilateral hypertransradiant hemithorax (mnemonic)

Unilateral hypertransradiancy is the correct term for the chest radiograph appearance of increased blackness affecting one lung. Hyperlucency is a commonly used alternative but is inaccurate; the chest is not penetrated by light! A logical approach begins by checking for: technical factors pa...
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Calcified cardiac fibroma

  Diagnosis certain
Jayanth Keshavamurthy
Published 28 Aug 2015
98% complete
CT X-ray
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Tracheal bronchus

  Diagnosis almost certain
Fatmah M. Al Zeyoudi
Published 23 Jan 2017
74% complete
CT
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Mounier-Kuhn syndrome

  Diagnosis probable
Senai Goitom Sereke
Published 15 Jan 2024
64% complete
CT
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Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Bruno Di Muzio
Published 04 Jul 2020
77% complete
CT
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Severe bullous emphysema

  Diagnosis certain
Jeremy Jones
Published 11 May 2011
86% complete
CT
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Hilar mass: the value of interval imaging

  Diagnosis certain
Ian Bickle
Published 13 Jan 2018
95% complete
Annotated image X-ray CT
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Emphysema

  Diagnosis certain
Sarmad Aslam
Published 27 Jul 2020
88% complete
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Honeycombing (lungs)

Honeycombing is a CT imaging descriptor referring to clustered cystic air spaces (between 3 and 10 mm in diameter, but occasionally as large as 2.5 cm) that are usually subpleural, peripheral, and basal in distribution. They can be subdivided into: microcystic honeycombing macrocystic honeycom...
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Pulmonary fibrosis

Pulmonary fibrosis is the preferred general term for the permanent replacement of lung parenchyma by connective tissue and is typically associated with functional impairment. A variety of insults cause focal or diffuse lung injury (mechanical, infectious, inflammatory and iatrogenic). Lung repai...
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Paracicatricial emphysema

Paracicatricial emphysema is a morphological sub type of pulmonary emphysema.  Pathology In this form, emphysematous spaces are seen adjacent to areas of scarring with latter usually caused by silicosis, granulomatous infection, tuberculosis, pneumonia or pulmonary infarction. Radiographic fe...
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Carbon monoxide transfer coefficient

Carbon monoxide transfer coefficient (often abbreviated as KCO) is a parameter often performed as part of pulmonary function tests. It is also often written as DLCO/VA (diffusing capacity per liter of lung volume) and is an index of the efficiency of alveolar transfer of carbon monoxide. Interp...
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Macklin effect

The Macklin effect refers to pneumomediastinum caused by alveolar rupture and pulmonary interstitial emphysema tracking to the mediastinum along the peribronchovascular interstitium. This is typically seen in blunt chest trauma or asthma. Pathology A sudden rise in intra-alveolar pressure can ...
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Upper lobe bronchiectasis

Distribution of bronchiectasis can help in narrowing the differential diagnosis. Upper lobe bronchiectasis is typically seen in: cystic fibrosis tuberculosis Rarely it may be seen with non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection (e.g. MAC infection 2). Traction bronchiectasis in the upper lobes c...
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Emphysema

  Diagnosis certain
Ian Bickle
Published 30 Jan 2015
94% complete
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Spontaneous pneumothorax

  Diagnosis certain
Anil Kumar Geetha Virupakshappa
Published 30 Aug 2022
89% complete
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Centrilobular pulmonary emphysema

  Diagnosis certain
Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Published 18 Aug 2018
89% complete
CT
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Round atelctasis

  Diagnosis probable
Saeed Soltany Hosn
Published 05 Jan 2013
70% complete
CT
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Pneumomediastinum (summary)

This is a basic article for medical students and other non-radiologists Pneumomediastinum describes air/gas within the mediastinum and is readily demonstrated on CT and may be seen on a chest radiograph. Reference article This is a summary article; read more in our article on pneumomediastinu...

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