Main description:

Mayo Clinic Challenging Images for Pulmonary Board Review is a collection of over 150 entities selected from over 1,500 examples of very unusual intrathoracic conditions, spanning more than 45 years of service by a highly respected clinician. Appropriate images of all these conditions are shown along with the "pearls" of how to interpret the chest x-ray and other images. As the old adage says, a picture is worth a thousand words, so by spending a few
minutes, or less, on each of the 100+ conditions, the reader won't forget what he or see saw, thereby possibly saving the patient expensive, sometimes invasive surgeries including thoracotomy, procedures. This will be indispensable resource for every pulmonologist, thoracic surgeon, and radiologist.

Contents:

Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome ; Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia ; Pearl: Unusual Pulmonary Disease Heavily Associated With Smoking ; Pulmonary Eosinophilia Syndromes ; Community-Acquired Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) ; Pulmonary Edema ; Neurogenic Noncardiac Pulmonary Edema (NNCPE or NPE) ; 50-lb Fluid Overload ; High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) ; Fat Embolism Syndrome ; Pearl: Hyponatremic Noncardiac Pulmonary Edema and Cerebral Edema in Marathon Runners ; Pulmonary Disease Induced by Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) ; ASA-Induced Noncardiac Pulmonary Edema ; Pearl: Noncardiac Pulmonary Edema in the Emergency Department ; Community-Acquired ARDS (continued) ; Spherical Pneumonia ; Postpneumonectomy Dyspnea Syndrome ; Pearl: Unusual Intrathoracic Conditions as a Consequence of Surgery ; Yellow Nail Syndrome ; Pearl: Pleural Effusion in Unusual Intrathoracic Diseases ; Atypical Presentations of CHF ; Pearl: Clues and "Misclues" to Left Ventricular Failure ; Anatomic Distribution of Pulmonary Edema1 ; Abnormalities of Pulmonary Function in CHF ; Pearl: Diffuse Pulmonary Disease With Features of Obstructive Pulmonary Function ; Major Airway Lesions ; Tracheopathia Osteoplastica ; Tracheobronchomegaly ; Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma ; Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma ; Pearl: "All That Wheezes Is Not Asthma" ; Carcinoid ; Central Primary Tracheobronchial Tumors ; Broncholithiasis ; Scar Carcinoma ; Bronchogenic Cancer and Bullous Lung Disease ; Bronchoalveolar Cell Carcinoma ; Prominent First Costochondral Junctions ; Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma ; Neurogenic Paraspinal Tumor ; Superior Sulcus Lesion (Thoracic Outlet Tumor, Pancoast Tumor) ; Platypnea-Orthodeoxia ; Pulmonary Varix 1 ; Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) ; Partial Anomalous Venous Return (PAVR) ; Total Anomalous Venous Return (TAVR) ; Dextrocardia ; Calcified Mitral Valve ; Calcified Ventricle After Myocardial Infarction ; Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension ; Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension ; Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm and Ectasia ; Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease (PVOD) ; Unilateral Absence of Pulmonary Artery ; Fibrosing Mediastinitis ; Right-Sided Aortic Arch ; Syphilitic Aortitis ; Coarctation ; Pseudocoarctation ; Venous Thromboembolism ; Embolized Inferior Vena Cava to Right Ventricle ; Melting Ice Cube Sign of Pulmonary Infarction ; Pulmonary Embolism ; Complete Congenital Absence of Left Pericardium ; Acute Pericardial Fat Necrosis ; Superior Vena Cava Aneurysm ; Mediastinal Lipomatosis ; Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease ; Collapse Therapy for Cavitary Pulmonary Tuberculosis ; Plombage ; Oleothorax ; Thoracoplasty ; Mycobacterial Tuberculosis ; Pearl: Differential Diagnosis of Mass Lesion(s) (>3 cm, Discrete) ; Benign Mesothelioma ; Hamartoma ; Tuberculoma ; Hematoma ; Abscess ; Intrathoracic Kidney ; Diaphragmatic Hernia ; Perfluorocarbon ; ?1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Emphysema ; Postradiation Calcification of Hodgkin Lymphoma ; Pearl: Calcification Within Mediastinal Masses ; Pearl: "Benign" Mediastinal Masses With Potential for Malignancy ; Pleural Disease ; Catamenial Pneumothorax ; Eosinophilic Pleuritis ; Pleural Plaques ; Rounded Atelectasis ; Pearl: Benign Asbestos Pleural Effusion ; Pearl: Spontaneous Disappearance of Pleural Effusion ; Diffuse Lung Diseases ; Pearl: Mnemonic for Diffuse Pulmonary Diseases ; Position of Transbronchial Lung Biopsy Forceps ; Acute Disseminated Histoplasmosis ; Small Heart of Addison Disease ; Pearl: Candling ; Calcified Laminated Histoplasmosis Granuloma ; Pearl: Calcification of Ear Cartilage ; Varicella Pneumonia and Calcification ; Bone Formation From Chronic Passive Congestion ; Alveolar Lymphoma ; Pearl: The "SISs" ; Pigeon Breeder's Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis ; Miliary Tuberculosis ; Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis of Polymyositis ; Scar Carcinoma ; Alveolar Cell Carcinoma ; Alveolar Proteinosis ; Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia Due to Nebulized Pentamidine ; Silicosis ; Coalworkers' Pneumoconiosis With PMF ; Sarcoidosis ; Pearl: Erythema Nodosum-3 Examples ; Pearl: Diffuse Pulmonary Disease-What to Consider When Asymptomatic ; Metastatic Colon Cancer ; Metastatic Seminoma ; Histiocytosis X ; Lymphangitic Cancer ; Sarcoidosis (continued) ; Mycoplasma Pneumonia ; Influenza B Pneumonia With Hemorrhage ; Polycythemia, Before and After Phlebotomy ; Neurosarcoidosis ; Diffuse Lung Diseases With Cystic Changes ; Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) ; Renal Angiomyolipomatosis (AML) ; Tuberous Sclerosis ; Cystic Fibrosis ; Pearl: Cystic Fibrosis-Reasons to Suspect in Adolescent or Young Adult ; Histiocytosis X ; Alveolar Microlithiasis ; Amiodarone Pneumonitis ; Organic Dust Toxic Syndrome ; Pearl: Unusual Pulmonary Conditions With "Normal" Initial CXR ; Pearl: Specific Blood Tests to Consider in Unusual Intrathoracic Conditions ; Scleroderma ; Scar Carcinoma in Scleroderma Lung ; Wide-Mouth Colon Diverticula of Scleroderma ; Peridontal Widening of Scleroderma ; Extrathoracic Conditions ; Calcified Splenic Cyst ; Splenic Artery Aneurysm ; Medullary Cancer of Thyroid ; Hair Braids ; Hemophiliac Shoulder With Traumatic Hemorrhagic Lung ; Massive Ascites Secondary to Huge Cavernous Hemangioma of Liver ; Chest Wall Abnormalities ; Chilaiditi Syndrome ; Neurofibromatosis ; Two Missing Ribs ; Inverted Hemidiaphragm ; Poor Inspiration ; Inspiration and Expiration ; Diaphragm Muscle Weakness (Acid Maltase Deficiency [Pompe Disease]) ; Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) ; Traumatic Rupture of Diaphragm ; Achalasia ; Pharyngoesophageal Diverticulum ; Cavitary and Congenital Cystic Lesions in the Lung ; Congenital Cystic Disease ; Bronchogenic Cyst ; Pericardial Cysts ; Cavitated Squamous Cell Epithelioma (SCE) ; Mycobacterium kansasii ; Bronchoalveolar Cell Carcinoma ; Cavitated Hodgkin Lymphoma ; Wegener Granulomatosis ; Metastatic Cavitary Squamous Cell Carcinoma From Nasopharynx Staphylococcal Pneumatoceles ; Cavitated Staphylococcal Emboli ; Histiocytosis X With Pneumothorax ; Pearl: Occult Lung Disease Causing "Spontaneous Pneumothorax" ; Histiocytosis X With Microcysts ; Histiocytosis X ; Pearl: Diffuse Pulmonary Disease With Diabetes Insipidus ; Pearl: Unusual Pulmonary Disease Heavily Associated With Smoking ; Pearl: "Normal" CXR and Low Dlco ; Cavitated Pulmonary Infarction ; Cavitated Primary Pulmonary Tuberculosis ; Rheumatoid Nodule ; Intrathoracic Conditions That Occur With Rheumatoid Arthritis ; Caplan Syndrome ; Floating Right Upper Lobe ; Chest Wall Deformities ; Scoliosis ; Thoracic Spine Lordosis ; Pectus Excavatum ; Straight Back Syndrome ; Severe Kyphoscoliosis ; Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone ; Melorheostosis of Rib ; Paget Disease ; Prostate Cancer Metastatic to Bone ; Bone Fracture With Cushing Disease ; Ochronosis ; Radioisotopes and Lung Disease ; Chronic Renal Failure ; Metastasis to Internal Mammary Node ; Metastatic Follicular Cancer of Thyroid ; AIDS and Acute Pneumocystis Pneumonia ; Alveolar Microlithiasis ; Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy (HPO) of Bone ; Pearl: Pulmonary Diseases and Clubbing ; Pulmonary Infections ; Pulmonary Dirofilariasis ; Pearl: Differential Diagnosis of Predominant Subpleural Nodule ; Actinomycosis ; Histoplasmosis in Emphysema ; Pearl: Unresolved "Pneumonia" ; Echinococcal Disease ; Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC) ; Mycobacterium kansasii ; Lymphocytes in the Lung ; Intravascular Lymphomatosis (IVL) ; Mucosa-Associated Lymphatic Tissue Lymphoma (MALToma) ; Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma (EH) ; Angiocentric Polymorphic Lymphomatosis (Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma) ; Erdheim-Chester Disease ; Pearl: Fever and Unusual Intrathoracic Disease ; Unusual Metastasis ; Metastatic Cavitary Adenocarcinoma of Pancreas ; Metastatic Meningioma to Lungs ; Cushing Syndrome ; Bronchial Carcinoid ; Pearl: Central Carcinoids-Rule of 90s ; Pearl: Supposition-Central and Peripheral Carcinoids Are 2 Different Tumors ; Thymic Carcinoid ; Peripheral Carcinoid Tumorlets With Neuroendocrine Cell ; Hyperplasia (NECH) and Obliterative Bronchiolitis (OB) ; Carney Triad ; Gorham Disease ; Pearl: Pleural Effusion in Unusual Intrathoracic Disorders ; Chyloptysis ; Gallstone Pleurolithiasis ; Extramedullary Hematopoiesis (EMH) ; Aspergillosis and the Lung ; Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) ; Aspergillomas in Preexisting Cavities ; Invasive Aspergillosis ; Pulmonary Disease in the Immunocompromised Host (ICH) ; Pearl: Differential Diagnosis-5 Causes ; Pearl: Unusual Complications of Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease ; Pearl: Opportunistic Infection ; Pearl: Rare Causes of Opportunistic Infections ; Pulmonary Manifestations of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) ; Pearl: Bony Lesions That Might Be Seen on CXR or in the Work-up of an Abnormal, Unusual CXR ; Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis