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Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
enlargement The table ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Enlargement #Differential ... #Unilateral #Bilateral
Garland Triad on Chest X-Ray in Sarcoidosis 
aka Pawnbroker's Sign - Right paratracheal and bilateral hilar
Chest X-Ray in Sarcoidosis ... paratracheal and bilateral ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... Pawnbrokers #Sign #clinical ... radiology #pulmonary #sarcoidosis
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
mycobacteria - Sarcoidosis ... percent) with bilateral ... simplex virus, Epstein-Barr ... Nodosum #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... Nodular LCH: - Sarcoidosis ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... Cystic #Cysts #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... surface of legs), bilateral
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Sarcoidosis: nodules ... Sarcoidosis: nodules ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Longstanding Sarcoidosis ... long standing Sarcoidosis ... The differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
inhalational injury Differential ... Granulomatous: Amyloid, Sarcoidosis ... Chest #Radiology #differential ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... pulmonary edema: bilateral ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Carcinomatosis #Mimic #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
Summary table of ... be multiple and bilateral ... breast e.g. biopsy, car ... diseases #benign #differential ... surgery #causes #table