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Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
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Malformation Normal CXR ... /CT • Hematemesis ... Bronchitis Diffuse CT ... polyangiitis / microscopic ... Vascular • Pulmonary
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
Notice the air-fluid ... patient is a woman, lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... airways leading to pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumothorax #Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... resolution chest CT
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... intraparenchymal pulmonary ... #clinical #Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... LAM #radiology #CT ... wedge #biopsy #NEJM
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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symptoms of active pulmonary ... tissue damage - CXR ... for concomitant pulmonary ... involvement - CT ... of AFB by smear microscopy
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... seen • Chest CT ... pneumonectomy if fail ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Physical stigmata of cor ... pulmonale, in advanced ... thickening, presence of air-fluid ... • Pulmonary artery ... high-resolution chest CT
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level.
The upper lobe is still attached to the chest wall
Notice the air-fluid ... patient is a woman, lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... airways leading to pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pneumothorax #Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Large Hiatal Hernia - A chest radiograph showed a large air–liquid shadow in the inferior retrocardiac
showed a large air–liquid ... mass containing air ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CT #HiatalHernia ... #NEJM