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.
Medical Image of the Week: EBUS
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Image 2.
This patient with a history of smoking was referred from an outside pulmonary clinic for a CT chest showing two enlarged right paratracheal nodes. The larger structure (Image 1) was found to have a hypoechoic appearance under endobronchial ultrasound, which is atypical of a lymph node. Upon needle aspiration, the structure collapsed and serous fluid was collected. The smaller lymph node (Image 2) showed the normal hyperechoic presentation and yielded normal lymphatic tissue when sampled.
Wendy Hsu, MD and James Knepler, MD
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Arizona Respiratory Center
University of Arizona
Reference as: Hsu W, Knepler J. Medical image of the week: EBUS. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care 2012;5:300. PDF