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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
multiplex WORKUP & DIAGNOSIS ... Other tests: • CT ... seen on chest CT ... RBC casts, low grade ... #differential #diagnosis
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
Sign on Chest CT ... mueormycosis, GPA ... #Halo #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Sign on Chest CT ... lung, pulm AVM, GPA ... #Vessel #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... dissemination Diagnosis ... involvement - CT ... guided needle aspiration ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
plugs • Low grade ... CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... ABPA #pulmonary #diagnosis
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Obstructive) Diagnosis ... • 1st line: CT ... line: EUS only if diagnosis ... with EUS-guided ... #Pancreatitis #diagnosis
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
Evaluation is guided ... yield of available diagnostic ... a repeat chest CT ... growth with chest CT ... 70% to 90% for a diagnosis
Laryngocele- ...On physical examination, he had nontender, compressible swelling in the left cervical region that transmitted
A diagnosis of laryngocele ... #NEJM #clinical ... laryngoscope #radiology #CT
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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- Differential Diagnosis ... concretions that have eroded ... Broncholithiasis Diagnosis ... bronchus • Chest CT ... Bronchoscopy - Diagnostic
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
- Differential Diagnosis ... pachymeningitis • GPA ... metastases CT ... thrombosis CT ... #differential #diagnosis