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Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
The table summarizes ... caused by streptococcus ... OP) and chronic eosinophilic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #Table
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
masses. ... the differential diagnosis ... There was no eosinophilia ... which excludes eosinophilic ... #Clinical #Radiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Pulmonary Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Interstitium • ILD
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... Parenchymal • Pneumonia ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
On the left two cases with chronic consolidation. 
There are patchy non-segmental consolidations in a subpleural
On the left two cases ... The final diagnosis ... pneumonia the HRCT ... this #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP #
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
rarely present with eosinophilic ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... Neutrophilia • Eosinophilia
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... figger out what the pathology ... #Differential #Table ... Lung #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Sarcoidosis E - Eosinophilic ... pulmonary apices caused ... by a rigid chest ... pneumonia • Granulomatous ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial pneumonia ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD