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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 ... Alveolar Proteinosis, Lymphoma ... Cystic Fibrosis, ABPA ... #CT #Patterns #
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
inhalational injury Differential ... • Malignancy: Lymphoma ... #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... CXR #clinical #CT
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Lymphocytic or lymphoid ... Kaposi's Sarcoma, Lymphoma ... CXR +/- High res CT ... chest scan), CBC ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Hypersensitivity: ABPA ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #differential #
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
in interstitial pulmonary ... of carcinoma or lymphoma ... of carcinoma or lymphoma ... #HRCT #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... • 3 syndromes: ABPA ... • CT: Halo sign ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
these non-specific CT ... there is a broad differential ... probably would be pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... RespiratoryBronchiolitis #ILD #RadiologyAssistant