Faces of Bullous Lung Disease

Size

CT Emphysema, Infected Bullous Lung Disease, Biapical Abscesses
65-year-old male with emphysema of the lungs presents with a cough, fever and leukocytosis. CT in the axial plane shows extensive apical bullous lung disease. There is a large right upper lobe bulla with an air fluid level and a smaller left upper lobe bulla with an air fluid level.
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Shape

Position

CT Scan Bilateral Apical Bulla Centrilobular Emphysema

CT Scan Bilateral Apical Bulla Centrilobular Emphysema
CT scan in the coronal plane of a 64- year-old man with emphysema shows bilateral apical bullous lung disease
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CT Scan Bilateral Apical Bulla Centrilobular Emphysema
CT scan in the coronal plane of a 64- year-old man with emphysema shows bilateral apical bullous lung disease, magnified in the lower image
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CT Scan Bilateral Apical Builla Centrilobular Emphysema
CT scan in the axial plane of a 64- year-old man with emphysema shows bilateral apical bullous lung disease,
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Apical Bulla
71-year old male with a history COPD showing biapical bullous lung disease with a nodule noted in the right apex
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Anterior Middle Chest

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Character

Infection

CT Emphysema, Infected Bullous Lung Disease, Biapical Abscesses Compressive Atelectasis
65-year-old male with emphysema of the lungs presents with a cough, fever and leukocytosis. CT in the axial plane shows extensive apical bullous lung disease. There is a large right upper lobe bulla with an air fluid level, and a smaller left upper lobe bulla with an air fluid level. The bulla in the left upper lobe, cause compressive atelectasis of a segment of the left upper lobe.
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Inflammation

Malignancy

Mechanical

Atelectasis

Trauma

Metabolic

Circulatory-

Hemorrhage

Immune Infiltrative Idiopathic Iatrogenic