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Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung ... patients with bronchiectasis ... aspergillosis (ABPA ... ABPA is a hypersensitivity ... structures in the right lung
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
 •
extending to the lung ... Cylindrical or traction bronchiectasis ... necrotizing pna, ABPA ... Track #Sign #CT #Lung
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... • Bronchiectasis ... Hypersensitivity: ABPA ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: ... localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis ... CVID+++, HIV, ABPA ... TerrierBen #Bronchiectasis
On the left we see a chest film with a typical finger-in-glove shadow.
The HRCT shows focal
HRCT shows focal bronchiectasis ... aspergillosis (ABPA ... #CXR #CTChest #ABPA
Causes of Nail Clubbing - Mnemonic 
Cyanotic Heart Disease, Cystic Fibrosis
Lung Cancer, Lung abscess 
Ulcerative Colitis
Cystic Fibrosis Lung ... Cancer, Lung abscess ... Ulcerative Colitis Bronchiectasis
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Heart failure, Bronchiectasis ... bronchopulmonary (ABPA
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
correlation in normal lung ... congestion, rheumatoid lung ... Notes: (A) Normal lung ... opacities and traction bronchiectasis ... abnormalities, traction bronchiectasis
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Aspergillosis (ABPA ... can result in bronchiectasis ... collapse • Central bronchiectasis ... Aspergillosis #ABPA
Causes of Hemoptysis - BATTLE CAMP Mnemonic:

Bronchitis 
Bronchiectasis 
Aspergilloma 
Tumor 
Tuberculosis 
Lung abscess 
Emboli (pulmonary) 
Coagulopathy
Bronchitis Bronchiectasis ... Tuberculosis Lung