Radiology Key

Fleischner Society Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging 25.1 Preliminary Remarks The Fleischner Society is an international society for thoracic radiology, founded in 1969 to provide a forum for the…

Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases A systematic approach to differential diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases based on the radiologic findings is given in Chapter 24. Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases are…

Pneumonia Note In pathology, the term pneumonia is used to denote any inflammatory reaction of the lung. In clinical terms, a distinction is made between microbially induced inflammation, i.e., pneumonia,…

Treatment-Related Changes 17.1 The Postoperative Thorax 17.1.1 Partial Lung Resection Surgical Techniques Partial lung resection is performed for therapeutic and, less commonly, also for diagnostic purposes: Diagnostic resection: This is…

Tumors of the Lung 9.1 Hamartoma Hamartomas (synonyms: chondroid hamartoma, chondromatous hamartoma, chondrohamartoma, hamartochondroma, chondroma) are the most common type of benign lung tumor and account for 8% of all…

Occupational Lung Diseases Beate Rehbock 18.1 Introduction Occupational or work-related disease is the term used to describe health disorders fully or partially attributable to work activity. These are usually caused…

Diagnostic Imaging of the Chest in Intensive Care Medicine 16.1 Indications for Chest Radiography in Intensive Care Medicine The value of daily routine chest radiography for each patient in an…

Persistent or Migratory Pulmonary Infiltrates Pulmonary infiltrates are very commonly detected in clinical practice. On chest radiography, they are usually interpreted as pneumonia, when this is consistent with the clinical…

Pleural Diseases 11.1 Pneumothorax Note A pneumothorax is a pathologic accumulation of air in the pleural space which, because of the intrinsic elasticity of the lung, leads to separation of…