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what is one of the few organs to be spared by sarcoid
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adrenal glands
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how do pts with adenoid cystic carcinoma present
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with wheezing and stridor
chronic cough often misdx as having asthma |
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appearance of adenoid cystic carcinoma
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smooth nodular circumferential involvement of trachea and mainstem bronchi
can look like and intraluminal filling defect with extraluminal extension. |
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what part of the trachea does adenoid cystic carcinoma involve
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lower 2/3
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what is a parapneumonic effusion
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pleural fluid in assoc with pna
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pathophys of parapneumonic effusion
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increased permeability of visceral pleura in assoc with pulm inflammation in pts wiht pna
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tx of lung abscess vs empyema
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abscess- tx w abx only
empyema - must be drained |
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presence of gas within a pleural fluid clxn (in abscence of instrumentation)
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empyema + bronchopleural fistula
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pathophysiology of fibrothorax development
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fibroblasts grow into pleura --> fibrotic pleural peel formation
--> decreased volume (trapped lung) on affected side |
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diagnostic criteria fo rmalignant pleural disease
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nodular pleural thickening
circumferential pleural thicekning parietal pleural thickening >1cm medoastom;a [;eira; tjoclemomg |
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ct findings of mesothelioma
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nodular concentric pleural thickening (or can be smooth)
can be assoc with calcs |
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appearance of localized fibrous tumor of the pleura
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solitary, smooth, sharply defined lesion contacting the pleural surface
pleural effusion not usually present, but there may be pleural thickening adj to mass |
