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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
pneumonias An acute ... reticular pattern ... cough and some fever ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Pneumonia #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... pneumonia • Acute ... infections • Acute ... Non-Infectious Causes ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... seen and in many cases ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #RadiologyAssistant
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... detected on CT or CXR ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... with cough and fever ... nodular interstitial lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
of pulmonary fibrosis ... particularly at the lung ... Here a CXR with ... at the lung bases ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
are smaller and fewer ... supplying the lung ... non-perfused vessels and causes ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... Involves aortic and mitral ... Culture (+): Acute ... night sweats, fever ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... symptoms are not caused ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Imaging: • CXR ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary