Lung Abnormalities Flashcards
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Two forms of lung anomalies
Bronchogenic
Pulmonary
Form of lung cysts
Epithelial
Emphysematous
Pseudocysts
Hydatid
Origin of congenital lung cysts
Bronchogenic
From sequestration or pinching off of bronchial tissue during embryonic development
Types of cysts in the lung
Bronchogenic cysts
Pulmonary cysts
What are congenital bronchogenic cysts
Cysts lined by respiratory ciliated or flatten columnar epithelium with mucus secreting glands
Main population affected by bronchogenic cyst
Young adults
Main side of lungs affected by bronchogenic cyst
Right side
Can multiple cysts bronchogenic cyst replace an entire lobe
Yes
Symptoms possible in bronchogenic cysts
Symptomless
Pressure on trachea, bronchus, lung tissue
Cough with sputum in infection
Hemoptysis due to bleeding
Appearance of bronchogenic cysts on x ray
Opaque
Very fine regular shape
Why should you remove all bronchogenic cysts
Liable to become infected
What are pulmonary cysts
Cyst that contain air and are solitary or multiple
What Happens if a pulmonary cyst becomes very large
Can lead to severe dyspnea and mediastinal shift
Is a sequestrate lung segment
Islands of pulmonary tissue with no normal communication with the bronchial tree which rarely becomes cystic
Types of pulmonary cyst
Intralobar
Extralobar
Blood supply of sequestrated lung segment cyst
Artery from abdominal or thoracic aorta
Venous drainage from azygos or inferior pulmonary vein
Cyst of sequestrated segment appearance on chest x-ray
Solid due to mucus in its dilated bronchi
End of cysts of sequestrated segments
Excision of affected segment or lobe
Which is commoner , acquired or congenital pulmonary cyst
Acquired
Pathophysiology of acquired pulmonary cyst
Mechanical effects of enlargements
rupture of pseudocyst
Are the three types of cysts causing airspace disorders
Alveolar cysts( blebs , bullae)
infective cyst ( pneumatocele, staph or tb Pseudocysts , bullous emphysematous cysts )
parasitic cyst Hydatid
What are blebs
Structural airspace separated from alveoli by thin covering
Main location of blebs
Apex of lungs
What are bullae
Subpleural air space from coalescence of alveoli
Larger than blebs and may empty when compressed