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Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
This makes it difficult ... we describe a chest ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Cyst #Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
with end-stage fibrosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst # ... Emphysema #Comparison
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Carcinomatosis #Mimic ... Comparison #Table
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #Comparison ... #Mimic #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Tree-in-bud almost always indicates the presence of:
Endobronchial spread of infection (TB, MAC, any bacterial bronchopneumonia)
Airway disease
infection (cystic fibrosis ... less often, an airway ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #TreeInBud #Differential
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
#Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... inflamed and narrowed airways ... a bronchus Mimics ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk Evaluation ... any mention of a difficult ... neuroexam - Oral cavity ... Change in clinical ... stratification #diagnosis
Differential diagnosis of TB.
Primary TB: Acute bacterial pneumonia
Secondary TB: Sarcoidosis, Silicosis, Pneumoconiosis
Endobronchial spread of TB: Bronchopneumonia,
Differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #MiliaryTB #Comparison ... #Metastases #Mimic
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Nodular or cavitary ... Kansasii: • Mimics ... TB with: Cavitary ... Disease: Clinical ... NTM #Infections #differential