Preliminary and Final Reports
Preliminary and Final Reports R. Eugene Zierler In general terms, a vascular laboratory report is a document that describes a patient’s vascular testing encounter and provides a formal record of…
Credentialing and Accreditation
Credentialing and Accreditation R. Eugene Zierler The modern vascular laboratory began in the 1960s with relatively simple physiologic tests performed with inexpensive equipment by vascular surgeons and their staff, usually…
The Diagnostic Approach to the Vascular Patient
The Diagnostic Approach to the Vascular Patient Kim Cantwell-Gab R. Eugene Zierler Dr. D. Eugene Strandness Jr, fondly referred to as “DES” (according to his initials and pronounced “dezz”) by…
Interstitial Lung Disease in Connective Tissue Diseases Other Than Systemic Sclerosis
A patient is classified as having SLE if he satisfies 4 of the clinical and immunologic criteria used in the SLICC classification criteria, including at least one clinical criterion and…
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener’s Granulomatosis)
1990 American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for Wegener’s granulomatosis For purposes of classification, a patient shall be said to have Wegener’s granulomatosis if at least 2 of these 4…
The Syndrome of Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema
Fig. 22.1 CPFE syndrome at chest CT in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (male, smoker). (a) upper lobes showing centrilobular and paraseptal emphysema; (b) mid regions of the lungs, showing…
Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Smoking-Related Interstitial Lung Diseases
Fig. 28.1 Skull X-ray of a patient affected by PLCH. It shows two little osteolytic bone lesions easier to recognize in the lateral skull radiograph Another important extrapulmonary complication is…
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
Eosinophilic lung disease of undetermined cause Idiopathic eosinophilic pneumonias Idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg–Strauss syndrome) Hypereosinophilic syndrome Idiopathic hypereosinophilic obliterative bronchiolitis Eosinophilic…
Lymphoproliferative Lung Disorders
Clinical entity Clinico-pathologic key points Main CT scan features Main Diagnostic step(s) Therapeutic options Follicular bronchitis/bronchiolitis Background of autoimmunity (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjogren…) Small nodules (centrilobular/broncocentric) bronchial wall thickening Surgical biopsy…
Non-specific, Unclassifiable, and Rare Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia: Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Respiratory Bronchiolitis Interstitial Pneumonia, Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia, Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia
Fig. 23.1 Chest radiograph from a patient with acute interstitial pneumonia demonstrating diffuse bilateral infiltrates without focal consolidation Fig. 23.2 High resolution computed tomography images from the upper (panel a)…
