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Peribronchial cuffing, also referred to as peribronchial thickening or bronchial wall thickening, is a radiologic sign which occurs when excess fluid or mucus buildup in the small airway passages of the lung causes localized patches of atelectasis (lung collapse). [1]
Transient tachypnea usually occurs in term neonates and has normal to slightly increased lung volumes with perihilar linear densities from fissural fluid, with a characteristic prominent line in the horizontal fissure of the right lung.
The original published definition read as: "Any extended, finely granular pattern of pulmonary opacity within which normal anatomic details are partly obscured; from a fancied resemblance to etched or abraded glass." [23] It was again included in an updated glossary by the Fleischner Society in 2008 with a more detailed definition. [24]
An experiment from Harvey's Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus. Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus (Latin, 'An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings'), commonly called De Motu Cordis, is the best-known work of the physician William Harvey, which was first published in 1628 and established the ...
Living in a tree-filled neighborhood may be as beneficial to the heart as regular exercise, new research shows. Researchers at the University of Louisville designed a clinical trial that followed ...
Pneumocystis pneumonia can present with interstitial lung disease, as seen in the reticular markings on this AP chest x-ray. A chest X-ray demonstrating pulmonary fibrosis due to amiodarone. Diagnosis of ILD involves assessing the signs and symptoms as well as a detailed history investigating occupational exposures.
Lines of Zahn are a characteristic of thrombi.They have layers, with lighter layers of platelets and fibrin, and darker layers of red blood cells.They are more present on thrombi formed with faster blood flow, more so on thrombi from the heart and aorta.
Jimmy Carter, the longest living president in the nation’s history, is marking one year in hospice — defying expectations for how long he'd live when he first began comfort care.. Carter, who ...