88 year old female with a history of scleroderma
CXR Asbestos Related Disease
Pleural Plaques and Interstitial Thickening
82 year old female with a history of scleroderma presents with dyspnea
Frontal CXR shows diffuse coarsening of the interstitium and calcified pleural plaques
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82 year old female with a history of scleroderma presents with dyspnea
Frontal CXR shows diffuse coarsening of the interstitium (black rings) and calcified pleural plaques(black arrowheads)
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net b12096-00L 305Lu
CT Dilated Food Filled Esophagus
CT scan in axial coronal and sagittal planes in an 83 year old woman with scleroderma shows a food filled dilated esophagus
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CT scan in axial, coronal, and sagittal planes in an 83 year old woman with scleroderma shows a food filled dilated esophagus (pink arrowheads a,b,c,d)
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CT Aspiration Atelectasis
82 year old female with a history of scleroderma presents with dyspnea
CT shows air-fluid levels in the mainstem bronchi, inspissated segmental bronchi of the lower lobes and post obstructive atelectasis secondary to aspiration. Note pleural plaques secondary to asbestos exposure
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net b12096-01 305Lu
82 year old female with a history of scleroderma presents with dyspnea
CT shows air-fluid levels in the mainstem bronchi, (yellow arrowheads a) inspissated segmental bronchi of the lower lobes (yellow arrowheads b,d) and post obstructive atelectasis secondary to aspiration with solid opacities in the superior segments (teal blue arrowheads c and e) and manifesting as a GGO in f (teal blue arrowhead). Note pleural plaques secondary to asbestos exposure (black arrowheads b,c,d and f)
Ashley Davidoff MD TheCommonVein.net b12096-01L 305Lu