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Signet Ring Sign on Chest CT
 • Prominently dilated airway compared to its accompanying pulm vessel.
Prominently dilated airway ... • DDx: Bronchiectasis ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
visibility of airways ... the peripheral lung ... and sometimes air ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Nasal polyps and signs ... thickening, presence of air-fluid ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... #diagnosis
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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, non-tapering airways ... Cylindrical or traction bronchiectasis ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Sign on Chest CT ... • Patent airways ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... lat decubitus - air ... #Abscess #pulmonary
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
Notice the air-fluid ... is a possible diagnosis ... leading to pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
sign which consists ... periphery of the lung ... in the diagnosis ... In this case, pulmonary ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Also known as: Lung ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... • Recurrent pneumonia ... , • Bronchiectasis ... inflamed and narrowed airways