Items tagged “infectiousdisease”
125 results found
Case
Tracheal buckling
Published
22 Jan 2010
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Lobar lung collapse
Lobar collapse refers to the collapse of an entire lobe of the lung. As such it is a subtype of atelectasis (collapse is not entirely synonymous with atelectasis, which is a more generic term for 'incomplete expansion'). Individual lobes of the lung may collapse due to obstruction of the supply...
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Epiglottitis
Epiglottitis, also known as supraglottitis, is a life-threatening condition caused by inflammation of the epiglottis and aryepiglottic folds 1, which can lead to acute airway obstruction.
Epidemiology
The traditional age of presentation is in children of 3 to 6 years, although this has been ch...
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Round pneumonia
Published
29 Jan 2010
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Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
Published
10 Feb 2010
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Pulmonary infection
Pulmonary infections are common and are caused by a wide range of organisms.
Pathology
Micro-organisms responsible may enter the lung by three potential routes:
via the tracheobronchial tree
most commonly due to inhalation of droplets of secretions from another infected human
environmental ...
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Scleroderma (pulmonary manifestations)
Pulmonary manifestations of scleroderma are demonstrated histologically in 90% of patients with scleroderma. It is a leading cause of mortality and at autopsy the lung is reportedly involved in close to 100% of cases. However, only 25% of patients will present with respiratory symptoms or demons...
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Usual interstitial pneumonia (histology)
Published
17 Feb 2010
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Pathology
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Cavitating pulmonary tuberculosis (gross pathology)
Published
18 Feb 2010
85% complete
Pathology
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Calcified mediastinal lymph nodes (differential)
There are numerous causes of calcified mediastinal lymph nodes.
Common causes include:
infectious granulomatous diseases
tuberculosis
histoplasmosis
sarcoidosis
silicosis
treated lymphoma
Uncommon causes include:
Pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP) pneumonia
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Lung abscess
Published
06 May 2020
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Chest curriculum
The chest curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core chest knowledge.
Definition
Topics pertaining to the lungs, mediastinum, and pleura, but excluding the skeletal structures (see musculoskeletal curriculum), heart (see cardiac...
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Healed varicella pneumonia - miliary opacities
Published
17 Mar 2010
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Pneumocystis pneumonia
Published
21 Mar 2010
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Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (gross pathology)
Published
21 Mar 2010
72% complete
Pathology
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Right middle lobe consolidation
Right middle lobe consolidation refers to consolidation in part (incomplete) or all (complete) of the right middle lobe.
Pathology
Consolidation refers to the alveolar airspaces being filled with fluid (exudate/transudate/blood), cells (inflammatory), tissue, or other material.
The list of ca...
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Consolidation
Consolidation describes increased lung attenuation sufficient to obscure bronchial walls and blood vessels (on non-enhanced CT). Patent airways can be identified by the endoluminal gas as an air bronchogram. Consolidation can be caused by any process that evacuates alveolar air such as pneumonia...
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Round pneumonia
Published
16 May 2010
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Lipoid pneumonia
Lipoid pneumonia is a form of pneumonia associated with oily or lipid components within the pneumonitis component.
This can either result from:
aspiration of oily substances (exogenous lipoid pneumonia) or
endogenous accumulation of lipid substances in the alveoli (endogenous lipoid pne...
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Pneumocystis pneumonia
Published
27 Aug 2010
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