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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... inflammation Symptoms ... Hypersensitivity: ABPA ... chest CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #pulmonary #differential
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Aspergillosis (ABPA ... ARE THE CLINICAL SYMPTOMS ... fever, malaise, weight ... CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... #pulmonary #diagnosis
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Patterns - Differential ... Sarcoidosis • Bronchiectasis ... Cystic Fibrosis, ABPA ... HighRes #Chest #CT
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... • 3 syndromes: ABPA ... • CT: Halo sign ... Constitutional symptoms ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... res CT) • Exclusion ... NTM #Infections #differential