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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
four patterns on a ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... may range from a ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... tissue damage - CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... in fact this is nodular ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... patterns: reticular, nodular ... On a CXR the most ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
regional lymph nodes ... reactivation of a ... Pleura • Lymph nodes ... and Culture • CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
regional lymph nodes ... reactivation of a ... Pleura • Lymph nodes ... and Culture • CXR ... #Diagnosis #Management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... centrilobular nodules ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... Immunoglobulins (Ig M, A, ... #differential #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
parenchyma by a ... Blood cultures • CXR ... radiograph shows a ... westermani • Other: TB ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... granulomas in a ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... #Management #Signs