Case 3
Middle aged patient with chronic gradually worsening shortness of breath for many years.
Further Explanation:
For each case, fill out part of the table, considering the appearance of airways, lung parenchyma, pulmonary vasculature and pleura and enter descriptive adjectives for CXR and CT/other findings. Be sure to evaluate overall lung volume. For DESCRIBING abnormalities, consider their SHAPE, DENSITY and DISTRIBUTION, rather than trying to choose a specific diagnosis from the start.
Case 3
Choose a spokesman from your group to present your findings for this case during class discussion. Pay particular attention to overall lung volume on chest radiograph and what you would predict the pulmonary function tests would show in this patient. Why was the CT done in this position?
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