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High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
- Differential Diagnosis ... Edema, Hemorrhage, Pneumonia ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonia ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
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
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... combinations of fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
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
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
Differential diagnosis ... reversed halo sign ... hypersensitivity pneumonitis, infection ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Radiology #RHS
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
The diagnosis of ... bronchiectasis is prior infection ... COPD and cystic fibrosis ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Bronchiectasis
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
knees, shoulders Signs ... : CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS ... corticosteroid injections ... Certolizumab, Golimumab), IL ... #management #rheumatology
Reverse Halo Sign
Defined as a central ground class opacity surrounded by a ring of dense consolidation
Differential
Reverse Halo Sign ... Differential Diagnosis ... : • Infection ... Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... #pulmonary #radiology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
pneumonitis Diagnosis ... failure - Infectious ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... suggestive but not diagnostic ... #diagnosis #management