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Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
• DDx: Septic emboli ... , pulm infarction ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Subpleural pulmonary infarction in a patient with pulmonary embolism. 

- Dr. Gonzalo Garcia-Casasola https://twitter.com/CasasolaGarcia

#Subpleural #pulmonary #infarction
infarction in a ... embolism ... #infarction #PulmonaryEmbolism ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Lung ... #Clinical
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
Lung infarction ... In pulmonar embolism ... The pulmonary embolus ... On the CT we can ... #Clinical #Radiology
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
Lung infarction ... Embolism Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PulmonaryEmbolism ... #Lung #Infarction
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... may aid in the diagnosis ... of pulmonary embolism ... with chest CT angiography ... HamptonHump #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... that may lead to infarction ... Differential Diagnosis ... via ASD • Metastatic
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
spp, Atypical infection ... CD4 > 200: Pulm embolism ... failure, COPD, Lung ... CXR +/- High res CT ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cancer • Septic emboli ... • Lung abscess ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Sign on Chest CT ... severe ILD, pulm infarction ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical