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Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
diagnosis and management ... cough, Bacterial pneumonia ... measles, Cystic fibrosis ... #diagnosis #management ... workup #algorithm #pulmonary
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonia ... Sarcoidosis • Bronchiectasis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
The diagnosis of ... A signet-ring sign ... is prior infection ... COPD and cystic fibrosis ... #Pulmonary #Bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... evidence of cystic fibrosis ... Nasal polyps and signs ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
Bronchiectasis - ... Immunodeficiency 3) Infection ... Obstruction 6) Rheumatologic ... Aspiration 8) Fibrosis ... #pulmonary #diagnosis
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
- Differential Diagnosis ... - fibrosis, with ... leaking out of pulmonary ... intersitial space Infection ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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and progressive fibrosis ... skin thickening Signs ... : ILD (interstitial ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #signs
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
infection; alveolar ... patients with pulmonary ... fibrosis Elena ... ultrasound #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Signs
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
• Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis ... , COPD, Cystic fibrosis ... Parenchyma: • Infection ... Kaposi's sarcoma • Rheumatologic ... #pulmonary #causes
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
late adulthood • Diagnosis ... disease • Bronchiectasis ... : Pneumonia • Autoimmune ... and M panel Management ... #diagnosis #management