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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
disease • ... Granulomatous disease ... • Liver diseases ... lung disease (GLILD ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Radiology • Miliary ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CT
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
progress of the disease ... stage and in mild infection ... ; alveolar interstitial ... COVID19 #pneumonia #ChestCT ... POCUS #features #Radiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
valvular disease ... Congenital heart disease ... Rheumatic valvular disease ... • Metastatic disease ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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There are two diagnostic ... disease, like the ... penicillamine) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Attenuation #Comparison
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
symptoms • Rheumatologic ... extrapulmonary disease ... or meningitic disease ... 40% Invasive Disease ... Local Disease: