Items tagged “lungs”
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Secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension
Secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension includes all cases of pulmonary arterial hypertension except for those for which no cause is identified with are then termed idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
The classification of pulmonary arterial hypertension into primary and secondary ha...
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Pulmonary metastases
Pulmonary metastases refer to distant tumor spread from a variety of primary tumors to the lungs via the blood or lymphatics.
This article primarily describes hematogenous pulmonary metastases while lymphangitic carcinomatosis is discussed separately.
Epidemiology
Lung metastases are common. ...
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Hyperattenuating pulmonary mass lesion
There are only a few causes of a hyperattenuating pulmonary mass which can be often due to internal calcification. They include:
granuloma: most common
pulmonary hamartoma
bronchogenic carcinoma
carcinoid tumors
pulmonary metastases
mucoid calcification of mucinous adenocarcinoma
breast ...
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Pulmonary cavity
A pulmonary cavity is a collection of gas and/or fluid enclosed by a thick and often irregular wall which usually occurs when central necrotic tissue is expelled via a bronchial connection. Cavities may be single or multiple and can be isolated or associated with lung disease 12.
Terminology
P...
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Congenital cystic bronchiectasis
Congenital cystic bronchiectasis is a rare entity, and as the name suggests is characterized by cystic bronchiectasis found in infancy 1. The term appears to have fallen out of favor, due to variable use in older literature. In most instances of congenital cystic bronchiectasis has what is now r...
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Pulmonary hamartoma (gross pathology)
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10 Mar 2010
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Pathology
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (gross pathology)
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11 Mar 2010
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Pathology
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (histology)
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11 Mar 2010
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Pathology
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Mycetoma
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13 Mar 2010
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Mosaic attenuation pattern in lung
Mosaic attenuation is a descriptive term used in describing a patchwork of regions of differing pulmonary attenuation on CT imaging. It is a non-specific finding, although is associated with the following:
obstructive small airways disease: low attenuation regions are abnormal and reflect ...
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Pulmonary tuberculosis
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17 Mar 2010
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CT
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Bronchogenic carcinoma with L1 vertebra metastasis
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17 Mar 2010
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Bronchogenic adenocarcinoma and pulmonary embolism
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17 Mar 2010
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CT
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Small cell bronchogenic carcinoma
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17 Mar 2010
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CT
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Healed varicella pneumonia - miliary opacities
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17 Mar 2010
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Hyperattenuating pulmonary abnormalities
Hyperattenuating pulmonary abnormalities refer to lung parenchymal opacities/lesions that are generally higher attenuation on CT than most soft tissues. An exact definition is usually not provided 1-3, while some authors focus on abnormalities that are as subjectively opaque as bony structures 4...
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Pulmonary sarcoidosis
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20 Mar 2010
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CT
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Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (gross pathology)
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21 Mar 2010
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Pathology
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Saddle pulmonary embolism
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22 Mar 2010
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Tree-in-bud sign and bronchiectasis
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23 Mar 2010
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