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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... • Cavitation, Abscess ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... CT Lung Abscess ... #pulmonary #differential
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Radiology • Miliary ... Differential Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... tissue damage - CXR ... for concomitant pulmonary ... involvement - CT
Mosaic Attenuation on Chest CT
 • Variable attenuation seen on a chest CT in a lobular
CT • Variable ... CT in a lobular ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
TTE +/- TEE) • Chest ... CT scan, if suspect ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... #criticalcare #diagnosis ... #management
Air Crescent Sign on Chest CT
 • Crescentic or circumferential rim of radiolucent airspace within a
CT • Crescentic ... consolidation or nodular ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
treatment for pulmonary ... pleural space to collapse ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... between these chest ... in fact this is nodular ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR