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.

Rick Robbins, M.D. Rick Robbins, M.D.

January 2012 Case of the Month

Michael B. Gotway, MD

Associate Editor Imaging

 

Clinical History

A 69-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented with progressive shortness of breath. A chest radiograph (Figure 1) was obtained.

Figure 1. Frontal chest radiograph.

How would you describe the findings on the chest radiograph (Figure 1)?

  1. Multifocal consolidation
  2. Blunting of the costophrenic angles suggesting pleural effusion
  3. Multifocal reticulonodular opacities
  4. Bilateral cavitary lung consolidation
  5. Miliary nodular opacities

Reference as: Gotway MB. January 2012 case of the month. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care 2012;4:12-18. (Click here for a PDF version)

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