Comprehensive Radiographic Pathology: Radiologic pathology Flashcards

collapsed lung (additive= decrease technique)

chronic dilation of bronchi, causes increase in lung tissue density (additive= increase technique)

heart enlargement causing increase in part thickness (additive= increase technique)

heart in failure, cardiac output is diminished. Results in backward failure or increased venous congestion in the lungs, lung tissue density is increased and heart enlarged too (additive=increase technique)

pus in the thoracic cavity causing tissue density increase (additive= increase technique)

Obstructed pulmonary disease leading to damage in air sacs making breathing difficult (destructive= decrease technique)

pleural cavity fills with blood/serous fluid, displacing lung tissue and increasing tissue density (additive= increase technique)

inflammation of the lung tissue causing to fill in alveolar spaces. Fluid now has greater tissue density than air present (additive= increase technique)

Lungs are collapse and air escapes from lung (destructive= decrease technique)

damage results in swelling/ inflammation inside airways (destructive= increase technique)

Removal of 1 lung due to lung cancer/bronchiectasis/congential lung disease/ etc (additive= increase factors)

when fluid fills interstitial lung tissue and alveoli, tissue density increases, may lead to congestive heart failure (additive= increase technique)

• Infection by a mycobacteria causes the inflammatory response, which results in an increase in fluid in the lungs. If the mycobacteria were inhaled, it generally begins as a localized lesion (usually upper lobes), which can spread to a more advanced stage. If the infection reaches the lungs by the bloodstream, it has a more diffuse spread (miliary TB). Increased tissue density results in both advanced and miliary TB. (Additive= increase technique)

A large dilatation of the aorta will result in increased thickness of the affected part. (Additive= increase technique)

Fluid accumulation within the peritoneal cavity causes an increase in tissue thickness.The free fluid has a unique "ground glass" appearance radiographically. (additive= increase technique)

condition where liver is scarred and permanently damaged (additive= increase technique)

Stones commonly found in abdomen such as gallbladder/kidneys. Calcium may be deposited which increases in effective atomic number of the tissue (additive= increase technique)

condition where partial or complete blockage of the small/large intestines (destructive= decrease technique)

condition where intestine cant push food/waste out of the body because of bowel malfunctioning (additive= increase technique)

overgrowth of hands/feet/face/jaw as a result of hypersecretion of hormones in adult, increase in bone mass (additive= increase technique)

Chronic bone infection results in new bone growth at the infected site (additive= increase technique)

Dilation of the fluid filled cerebral ventricles causing enlargement of the head, increased thickness (destructive= increase technique)

spread of cancer to bone resulting in uncontrolled new bone growth (destructive= increase technique)

Tumor arising in the bone/cartilage which increases bone thickness (additive= increase technique)

increase in bone cell activity which leads to new bone growth, results in bone pelvis thickness/spine/skull (additive= increase technhique)

increase in hardening as a result of a chronic inflammation in bone, increasing bone tissue thickness (destructive= decrease technqiue)

The death of tissue (destructive= decrease technique)

Type of cancer that starts in tissue lining then skin and or cover internal organs (destructive= decrease technique)

condition where cartilage cushioning the ends of bones in the joints have been worn and torn affecting the tissue (destructive= decrease technique)

type of cancer that starts isn’t he fibrous connective tissues of the body, is made up of immature cells fibroblasts or spindle cells that grow quick and abnormal (destructive= increase technique)

condition and type of arthritis where there is inflammation in results from excess uric acid in the blood (destructive= increase technique)

condition where there is too much parathyroid hormone activity in one or more parathyroid glands (additive= decrease technique)

Condition where uncommon blood cancer which affects the bone marrow and plasma cells turning healthy cells to abnormal cells (destructive= decrease technique)

condition where bone weakens and fragile because of bone mass loss (destructive= decrease technique)

defect in bone mineralization causing decreased composition (destructive= decrease technique)