PATHOLOGY TERMS

DISEASE

CAUSES

IATROGENIC

IDIOPATHIC

INFLAMMATION

HYPEREMIA

EXUDATE

PHAGOCYTOSIS

NECROSIS

SCAR

FIBROUS ADHESIONS

KELOID

TOXINS

PYOGENIC

SUPPURATIVE

ABSCESS

EDEMA

ISCHEMIA

INFARCT

GANGRENE

HEMORRHAGE

HEMATOMA

ECCHYMOSIS

ATROPHY

HYPOPLASIA

APLASIA

HYPERTROPHY

HYPERPLASIA

DYSPLASIA

NEOPLASM

CACHEXIA

BENIGN

MALIGNANT

CARCINOMAS

SYMPTOM

SIGN

INFILTRATE

WHICH ARE ADDITIVE?
WHICH ARE DESTRUCTIVE?

PAGET’S DISEASE

GOUT

RADIATION NECROSIS

ATELECTASIS

EMPYEMA

EMPHYSEMA

AORTIC ANEURSYM

ACROMEGALY

MARBLE BONE

DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS

OSTEOMALACIA

WHAT DO RADIOGRAPHERS LOOK AT WHEN THEY VIEW CHEST FILMS?

Correct positioning

Anatomy on film

Technical factors

RT/Lt Markers

ID Markers

Artifacts

Misc.

WHAT DO RADIOLOGISTS LOOK AT IN A PA CHEST FILM?

Disciplined interpretation

Evaluation of heart

Hilar/aortic arch/upper mediastinum

trachea

clavicle symmetry

hemidiaphragms/costophrenic angles

lung fields

WHAT DO RADIOLOGISTS LOOK AT IN A LATERAL CHEST FILM?

Bony structures

diaphragm

spleen