Imaging
Those who care for patients with pulmonary, critical care or sleep disorders rely heavily on chest radiology and pathology to determine diagnoses. The Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep publishes case-based articles with characteristic chest imaging and related pathology.
The editor of this section will oversee and coordinate the publication of a core of the most important chest imaging topics. In doing so, they encourage the submission of unsolicited manuscripts. It cannot be overemphasized that both radiologic and pathologic images must be of excellent quality. As a rule, 600 DPI is sufficient for radiographic and pathologic images. Taking pictures of plain chest radiographs and CT scans with a digital camera is strongly discouraged. The figures should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively. The stain used for pathology specimens and magnification should be mentioned in the figure legend. Those who care for patients with pulmonary, critical care or sleep disorders rely heavily on chest radiology and pathology to determine diagnoses. The Southwest Journal of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep publishes case-based articles with characteristic chest imaging and related pathology. The editor of this section will oversee and coordinate the publication of a core of the most important chest imaging topics. In doing so, they encourage the submission of unsolicited manuscripts. It cannot be overemphasized that both radiologic and pathologic images must be of excellent quality. As a rule, 600 DPI is sufficient for radiographic and pathologic images. Taking pictures of plain chest radiographs and CT scans with a digital camera is strongly discouraged. The figures should be cited in the text and numbered consecutively. The stain used for pathology specimens and magnification should be mentioned in the figure legend.
August 2012 Imaging Case of the Month
Michael B. Gotway, MD
Associate Editor, Imaging
Department of Radiology
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Clinical History: A 48-year-old non-smoking man presented with a history of slowly progressive shortness of breath and recent onset of a headache. Frontal chest radiography (Figure 1) was performed.
Figure 1: Frontal chest radiography shows normal cardiomediastinal contours with bilateral peri- and infrahilar predominant ground-glass opacity with a background of linear and reticular abnormalities.
Which of the differential diagnostic considerations listed below is the most likely consideration for the chest radiographic abnormality?
Reference as: Gotway MB. August 2012 imaging case of the month. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care 2012;5:74-81. (Click here for a PDF version of the case of the month)