Case 92: New Ground Glass in a Patient with a Fibrosing ILD
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Technical and Practice Issues * Case 11: 62-years old misdiagnosed to have interstitial lung disease - mid-inspiratory and expiratory scans * Snippet 03: Radiation risk and CT chest * Case 23: 60-years old - 40-pack years smoker - right upper lobe nodule - resolved using “mean” reconstructions…
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Case 91: Bubble Lucencies, Central Lucencies, Bubbly Consolidation
Bubble and central lucencies and bubby consolidation are signs that suggest a slew of entities all characterized by differential low densities
Previous Thoracic Thursday Lecture - Non-Resolving Opacity - Free for All
REF-Cafe Roentgen Thoracic Thursday Lecture - XI - 19th Oct 2023: Non-Resolving Opacity
The eleventh lecture of the series
Current Case
A 67-years old patient presented with gradually progressive breathlessness.
A CT scan was done.
Thoughts?
- Probable UIP/IPF
- Typical UIP/IPF
- Fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- Interstitial lung abnormality (ILA)
He then presented with acute onset worsening.
Thoughts?
- Acute exacerbation
- Infection
- Medication induced pulmonary injury
- Cardiac failure
The video below discusses this case in detail.