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Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
management Causes ... CVID+++, HIV, ABPA ... diagnosis #management #Differential ... #workup #algorithm ... #pulmonary
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Patterns - Differential ... , ABPA, Immune Deficiency ... #CT #Patterns # ... Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... typical eggshell pattern ... #Silicosis #clinical ... radiology #CXR #Chest ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Most Common Causes ... : • Cystic fibrosis ... Hypersensitivity: ABPA ... evidence of cystic fibrosis ... #differential #
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... - Aspergillus/ABPA ... Therefore, conditions caused ... a rigid chest cage ... lung #diseases #differential
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... and obstructive pattern ... tumoral obstruction, fibrosing ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
of pulmonary fibrosis ... On a chest X-ray ... In many cases you ... at the lung bases ... #Clinical #Radiology
B-Lines in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Lung comets are usually seen in wet lungs, but do not forget that
B-Lines in Pulmonary ... Fibrosis Lung ... important differential ... In the latter case ... #tails #clinical
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On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
like idiopathic pulmonary ... or NSIP pattern ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
pneumonitis (2) The case ... Signs of fibrosis ... included in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic