Thorax Onlinekurs

The chest curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent the core chest knowledge.

Definition

Topics pertaining to the lungs, mediastinum, pleura, but excluding the skeletal structures (see musculoskeletal curriculum), heart (see cardiac curriculum), and great vessels (see vascular curriculum).

Anatomy

Core anatomical topics include:

• lung
  • tracheobronchial tree
  • secondary pulmonary lobule
• pleura
• mediastinum
  • thymus

Radiological Examinations

The chest is primarily investigated with plain films and CT.

• chest x-ray (CXR)
• chest CT
  • CT pulmonary angiogram (CTPA)
  • high resolution CT (HRCT)

Introduction

• interpreting chest x-rays - a systematic approach
  • normal cardiomediastinal contours
  • pleural reflections on chest x-ray
  • cardiac chamber enlargement
  • congenital heart disease - chest x-ray approach
• pulmonary opacification
  • airspace opacification
  • linear opacification
  • nodular opacification

Pathology

Lungs and airways

• neoplasms
  • bronchogenic carcinoma
    • non small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
      • bronchogenic squamous cell carcinoma
      • bronchogenic adenocarcinoma
      • bronchioloalveolar carcinoma 
      • undifferentiated large-cell bronchogenic carcinoma
    • small cell carcinoma
  • metastases to the lungs
  • tracheal neoplasms
• infection
  • bacterial
    • lobar pneumonia
    • round pneumonia
    • bronchopneumonia
    • aspiration pneumonia
    • septic emboli
    • pulmonary abscess
  • mycobacteria
    • pulmonary manifestations of M tuberculosis
    • pulmonary manifestations of non-tubercular mycobacterium infection
  • viral pneumonitis
    • cytomegalovirus pneumonia
  • fungal
    • aspergillosis
      • aspergilloma
      • allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
      • invasive aspergillosis
        • chronic necrotizing aspergillosis (CNA)
        • airway invasive aspergillosis
        • angioinvasive aspergillosis
      • obstructive bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
    • blastomycosis
    • coccidioidomycosis
    • cryptococcosis
    • histoplasmosis
    • paracoccidioidomycosis
  • Pneumocystis pneumonia
  • parasites
    • pulmonary amebiasis
    • pulmonary echinococcosis
    • pulmonary paragonimiasis
    • pulmonary schistosomiasis
    • pulmonary strongyloidiasis
    • pulmonary toxocariasis

Inflammatory lung conditions

Hypersensitivity lung conditions

Interstitial lung disease

Pleura

• tumors
  • primary pleural tumors
    • solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura
    • mesothelioma
    • localized mediastinal malignant mesothelioma
  • pleural metastases
• pleural effusion
• empyema
• pneumothorax

Mediastinum

• thymus
  • primary tumors of the thymus
    • thymoma
    • invasive thymoma
    • thymic carcinoma
    • thymolipoma / thymoliposarcoma
    • thymic cyst
    • benign thymic hyperplasia
    • thymic carcinoid
    • primary thymic lymphoma

Related Radiopaedia articles

Curricula

• curriculum
  • anatomy curriculum
  • ​imaging curricula
    • breast curriculum
    • cardiac curriculum
    • central nervous system curriculum
    • chest curriculum
    • gastrointestinal curriculum
    • gynecology curriculum
    • head and neck curriculum
    • hepatobiliary curriculum
    • intervention curriculum
    • musculoskeletal curriculum
    • obstetric curriculum
    • pediatric curriculum
    • post-mortem and forensic curriculum
    • urogenital curriculum
    • vascular curriculum
  • medical student curriculum
  • pathology curriculum
    • general pathology
    • systemic pathology
      • pathology of the vascular system
      • cardiac pathology
      • pathology of the hematological and lymphatic systems
      • pathology of the lung and pleura
      • pathology of the head and neck
      • pathology of the gastrointestinal system
      • pathology of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas
      • pathology of the kidney and urinary tract
      • pathology of the male genital system
      • pathology of the female genital system
      • pathology of the breast
      • pathology of the endocrine system
      • pathology of the skin
      • pathology of the musculoskeletal system and soft tissues
      • pathology of the nervous system
      • pathology of the ocular system
  • physics curriculum
  • radiography curriculum
    • general radiography curriculum
    • CT curriculum
    • MRI
    • ultrasound 
    • nuclear medicine 
    • radiation therapy 

Siehe auch:

• Pneumothorax
• Mediastinum
• Konsolidierung der Lunge
• Thymus
• Lungenkarzinom
• Pleura
• pulmonale Tuberkulose
• Empyem
• Aspergillom
• Thymuskarzinom
• Lungenabszess
• Thymom
• angioinvasive pulmonale Aspergillose
• solitärer fibröser Tumor der Pleura
• Röntgen-Thorax
• In Situ Adenokarzinom der Lunge
• Allergische bronchopulmonale Aspergillose
• Lungenmetastasen
• Mesotheliom
• Thymuslipom
• Aspirationspneumonie
• invasives Thymom
• cardiac curriculum
• Rundpneumonie
• congenital heart disease - chest x-ray approach
• cardiac chamber enlargement
• aspergillosis
• primäre Thymusneoplasien
• airway invasive aspergillosis
• obstructive bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
• nichtkleinzelliges Lungenkarzinom
• Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonie
• nodular opacification
• Lunge
• Normale Herzkonfiguration im Röntgen-Thorax
• localised mediastinal malignant mesothelioma
• secondary pulmonary lobule
• Thymuszyste
• radiologisches muskuloskelettales Curriculum
• chronic necrotising aspergillosis (CNA)
• pulmonary opacity
• Kleinzelliges Lungenkarzinom
• linear opacification

und weiter:

• Lungensegmente
• Lungenrundherd
• pulmonary opacification
• pulmonary interstitium
• reticular and linear pulmonary opacification
• curriculum
• adult chest radiograph in the exam setting
• cardiomediastinal outlines on chest x-ray