“ This refers to a spectrum of lung disease resulting from asbestos exposure. It may be a benign pleural disease, usually occurring >20 y...

“ Affects up to 15% of people with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia ( Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrom e). Patients may present with orthodeo...

Amiodarone Gold Thorotrast (old contrast agent) Haemochromatos is Haemsiderosis (spleen affected, too) Glycogen storage disease For Radiolog...

“ An interstitial lung disease affecting patients after amiodarone treatment. It occurs 1-12 months following at least 6 months of treatment...

“ Alpha  antitrypsin is an inhibitor of a protease for elastin. The deficiency is a lso associated with cirrhosis, necrotising panniculitis ...

An amorphous increase in lung attenuation that does not obscure vessels. Vessels are obscured by consolidation. For Radiology Cases, Discuss...

“ Why? HRCT of the chest is the  only  way to demonstrate the secondary pulmonary lobule (i.e. the basic anatomical structure responsible fo...

“ Also known as ‘acute respiratory distress syndrome’, this is an acute condition characterised by bilateral pulmonary infiltrates and sever...

“ Usually occurs due to blunt abdominal trauma, with the left side three-times more likely to rupture (the liver shields the right side). PL...

“ This is an autosomal recessive defect in the gene regulating chloride transport, resulting in thick secretions. The lungs and pancreas are...

“ Also known as eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, this is a variant of polyarteritis nodosa affecting small to medium vessels. ...

“ Benign B-cell lymphoproliferation, more common in patients with HIV or AIDS. CT •   Multiple, enhancing lymph nodes—usually axillary or s...

“ Benign •   Castleman disease •   Sarcoid Neoplastic •   Renal cell carcinoma •   Thyroid •   Small-cell carcinoma ” For Radiology Cases, D...

“ Carcinoid tumours are neuroendocrine tumours with low malignant potential; overall prognosis is good.  They are associated with multiple e...

“ This is an abnormal communication between the pleural space and the bronchial tree caused by lobectomy, pneumonectomy, lung necrosis, TB, ...

“ This is the most common foregut malformation in the thorax . It constitutes up to 20% of mediastinal masses. It is an abnormality of the v...

Subtle pattern of variable lung attenuation with a slight decrease in the calibre and number of pulmonary vessels within the areas of low at...

“ Bronchiolar and peribronchiolar inflammation of the bronchioles leads to submucosal and peribronchiolar fibrosis. This causes an obstructi...

“ Idiopathic •   Most common cause overall Congenital •    Cystic fibrosis— most commonly congenital Bronchial atresia •   Primary ciliary d...

Defined as abnormal, irreversible airway dilatation often associated with thickening of the bronchial wall. Subtypes are cylindrical, varico...