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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... #differential # ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Blood cultures • CXR ... seen • Chest CT ... #pulmonary #differential
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
fracture heals, the callus ... Sometimes a CT is ... necessary to differentiate ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Old #RibFracture
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
without definable walls ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... LCH #LangerhansCellHistiocytosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Management Pneumonia Signs ... radiograph or CT ... aeruginosa Clinical ... Yield of blood CX ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
maternal age • Anemia ... Key Point: High clinical ... , selenium) Differential ... congestion on a CXR ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology