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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... about imaging findings ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pattern #Differential
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... lung disease or CHF ... Abnormal physical findings ... ) • Abnormal CXR
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neoplasm Pulmonary Interstitium ... • ILD • CHF
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
Based on the CXR ... have made the diagnosis ... failure, but the findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
a predominant finding ... has a limited differential ... diagnosis (Table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
non-pulmonary findings ... between these chest ... this is nodular interstitial ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
edema Subtle ground ... be high in the differential ... diagnostic list ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
features on the chest ... film (Table). ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages ... #Findings #Signs
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
fluid into the interstitium ... can be seen on a chest-film ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features ... #Findings #Diagram
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
The radiographic findings ... and non-specific interstitial ... or fibrosis in chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced