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Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
A way to think of ... - Lobar or focal ... respond to the treatment ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
typical chest film ... The differential ... diagnosis includes chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... evidence of cystic fibrosis ... Immunoglobulins (Ig M, A, ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... rigid chest cage ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... lung #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
parenchyma by a ... pneumonia • Chronic ... radiograph shows a ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
B-cell activity → local ... fibroblasts → fibrosis ... granulomas in a ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... On a chest X-ray ... Here a CXR with ... #Clinical #Radiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
85% • < 50% in chronic ... aches, joint pain, chest ... infection) • Chronic ... by culture or serology ... endocarditis Local
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... in chronic hypersensitivity ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
chest radiograph ... The differential ... treatment for pulmonary ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology ... #CXR #Oleothorax