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High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Patterns - Differential ... HiRes #HighRes #Chest ... #CT #Patterns # ... #pulmonary #radiology
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Algorithm Red ... sweats, chills (infection ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... refer + order CT
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
Miliary Pattern - Chest ... hematogenous spread of a ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #Radiology #differential ... CXR #clinical #CT
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Epiglottitis • Vocal ... atelectasis • Lung fibrosis ... MG, ALS) • ↓ chest ... compliance (e.g., flail chest ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... Immunoglobulins (Ig M, A, ... #differential #
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
Silicosis is a fibrotic ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay ... #labeled #pulmonary
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... /Chest Wall: • ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection ... : Tumor, Vocal cord
Galaxy Sign on Chest CT
 • Coalescent granuloma with a central dense mass and tiny peripheral
Galaxy Sign on Chest ... granuloma with a ... progressive massive fibrosis ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... a segment or lobe ... Immunodeficiency 3) Infection ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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• Nonspecific chronic ... patients), • Chest ... Diagnosis: • Chest ... Xray - Chest radiography ... the bronchus • Chest