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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Endomyocardial biopsy ... performed) • Clinical ... IVIG (Giant cell, eosinophilic ... #Management #Cardiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic ... Other tests: • CT ... of PRS: Biopsy ... seen on chest CT ... #management #treatment
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL ... CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... • Peripheral eosinophilia ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... - Necrotizing Eosinophilic ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology ... #summary #biopsy
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... a repeat chest CT ... lung malignancy, clinical ... Management options ... 70% to 90% for a diagnosis
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 ... for concomitant pulmonary ... involvement - CT ... or excisional biopsy
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
 •
Related Disease Clinical ... concentration PET-CT ... orientation, Biopsy ... phase reactants, eosinophilia ... #management #phenotypes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... : • Lung biopsy ... pneumonia, Chronic eosinophilia ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT ... in case of PCN allergy ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
intraparenchymal pulmonary ... confirmed the diagnosis ... #clinical #Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... #LAM #radiology ... #CT #wedge #biopsy