Preliminary Diagnosis: Radiation Lung Injury I. What imaging technique is first-line for this diagnosis? Computed tomography (CT) chest without contrast II. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this technique for diagnosing radiation lung injury. Advantages Diagnostic of radiation lung injury. Can better differentiate radiation lung injury from tumor recurrence or infection than other imaging modalities.Continue…
Preliminary Diagnosis: Drug-Induced Lung Injury I. What imaging technique is first-line for this diagnosis? High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest without contrast. II. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this technique for diagnosing drug-induced lung injury. Advantages Provides thin slice (1-2 mm) images of the entire chest with high spatial resolution. Can provide…
Preliminary Diagnosis: Toxic lung injury (Silo-Filler's disease) I. What imaging technique is first-line for this diagnosis Chest radiographs (CXR) with posteroanterior (PA) and lateral projections II. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this technique for diagnosis of toxic lung injury (Silo-Filler's disease). Advantages Diagnostic for the noncardiogenic edema seen with toxic lung injury (TLI) Exposes…
Preliminary Diagnosis: Eosinophilic Pneumonia I. What imaging technique is first-line for this diagnosis? Chest radiographs (CXR) with posteroanterior (PA) and lateral projections. II. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this technique for diagnosing eosinophilic pneumonia. Advantages Can be diagnostic for Loffler syndrome, acute or chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, or idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome. Less expensive than computed…
Preliminary Diagnosis: Pulmonary Tuberculosis I. What imaging technique is first-line for this diagnosis? Chest radiograph (CXR) with posteroanterior (PA) and lateral views. II. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this technique for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis. Advantages Can be diagnostic of primary and post-primary tuberculosis (TB). Often adequate to show the various findings of post-primary TB,…
