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Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
Cavitary Lesion ... with Air-Fluid Level ... david_furfaro #Cavity ... #Cavitary #CXR ... Clinical #Pulmonary #Radiology
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
Notice the air-fluid ... pus within the cavity ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... Mycobacteria #NTM #Cavity
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
leads with STE in avR ... inversion - STE avR ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... Interpretation #differential
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lung, like cyst, cavity ... the lung as: Cavity ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... CavitaryLesion #Cavity
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Monod Sign on Chest ... CT • Air surrounding ... preexisting pulmonary cavity ... doi.org/10.1016/j.chest ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #radiology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
ST elevation in aVR ... accompanied by chest ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential # ... cardiology #electrocardiogram
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... positioned to drain air ... cavity? ... since a prior CXR ... AIR LEAK • Air
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
In the differential ... To differentiate ... usually contain air ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cavity
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework STEMI ... depression in aVR ... depression in aVR ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram