Upcoming Events
Log In
Pricing
Free Trial

Secondary Pulmonary Lobule Anatomy

HIDE
PrevNext

0:01

So before we get into the different subtypes

0:04

of diffuse nodule lung disease, and I, as I alluded to

0:07

before, that's really gonna be helpful in terms of trying

0:10

to establish the best diagnosis for that patient.

0:13

We need to talk about secondary pulmonary lobular anatomy.

0:17

So what lives in the secondary pulmonary lole?

0:20

We need to define this in order

0:23

to actually figure out the diffuse nodule lung disease

0:26

pattern with any sort of mastery.

0:29

And so along the margin of the secondary pulmonary lole,

0:31

we're gonna have lymphatics, these green squiggly lines

0:34

and then the pulmonary veins.

0:35

We keep it as simple as that.

0:38

The center of the central lobular core structure,

0:40

we're gonna have small airways,

0:42

we're have small arteries going through,

0:44

but also associated lymphatics.

0:46

That's pretty much all you need to know.

0:48

More centrally in the axial anatomy of the lung.

0:52

You're gonna have all these things

0:53

that we've seen in central lobular core structure,

0:55

but again, just gonna be more macroscopic.

0:58

And that's probably the best way to think of it.

1:00

And with that background of secondary,

1:02

secondary pulmonary library anatomy,

1:04

I think we can move forward and dig deeper into the specific

1:07

patterns.

Report

Faculty

Jonathan H. Chung, MD

Professor of Radiology and Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Imaging

UCSD - University of California San Diego

Tags

Vascular

Syndromes

Non-infectious Inflammatory

Neoplastic

Metabolic

Lungs

Infectious

Drug related

Chest CT

Chest

CT