Diffuse Tracheobronchial Wall Thickening Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Tracheal Neoplasms Acute Bronchitis Chronic Bronchitis Less Common Relapsing Polychondritis Wegener Granulomatosis Amyloidosis Sarcoidosis Rare but Important Laryngeal Papillomatosis…
Mosaic Pattern Sudhakar Pipavath, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Constrictive Bronchiolitis Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Less Common Inflammatory Bronchiolitis Rare but Important Chronic Pulmonary Thromboembolism ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Key…
Focal Tracheobronchial Wall Thickening Christopher M. Walker, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Mucus Bronchial Neoplasm Less Common Airway Stenosis Carcinoid Rare but Important Metastasis Foreign Body Tracheal Neoplasm Infection Wegener Granulomatosis…
Endobronchial Mass Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Small Cell Lung Cancer Less Common Carcinoid Lung Metastases Other Malignant Endobronchial Tumors Aspiration Rare but Important…
Finger in Glove Appearance Robert B. Carr, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Congenital Bronchial Atresia Less Common Cystic Fibrosis Obstructing Mass ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Key Differential Diagnosis Issues Finger…
Right Middle Lobe Syndrome Jonathan H. Chung, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Middle Lobe Syndrome Central Obstruction Extrinsic Obstruction by Lymph Nodes Bronchostenosis Endobronchial Mass (Tumor or Foreign Body) Peripheral Obstruction…
Tracheal Narrowing Jud W. Gurney, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Extrinsic Compression Post-Traumatic Stenosis Tracheobronchomalacia Saber-Sheath Trachea Less Common Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica Wegener Granulomatosis Relapsing Polychondritis Amyloidosis Laryngeal Papillomatosis Rare but…
Tracheal Mass Sudhakar Pipavath, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Metastasis Primary Tracheal Neoplasms Squamous Cell Carcinoma Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Mucus Less Common Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica (TBO) Rare but Important Amyloidosis…
Tracheal Fistula Jonathan H. Chung, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Congenital Neoplasm Tracheal or Esophageal Cancer Lymphoma Less Common Trauma Blunt or Penetrating Trauma Iatrogenic Endoscopy Surgery Chronic Endotracheal Intubation Infection…
Unilateral Opaque Hemithorax Dharshan Vummidi, MD Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pleural Effusion Empyema Hemothorax Pneumonectomy Community Acquired Pneumonia Less Common Endobronchial Tumor Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Small…
