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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Algorithm #causes
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
In these cases, ... bubble and the lung ... a patient with signs ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
pain, pleural effusion ... tends to cause ... Dyspnea + dry cough ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
malignant pleural effusion ... goals of assessing lung ... should be used as a rough ... there are any signs ... #MPE #Algorithm
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • CT: Halo sign ... factor • May cause ... pneumonia, pleural effusion ... #differential #diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical Symptoms: cough ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... bilateral pleural effusions ... of CXR congestion
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
a patient with cough ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... multiple ill-defined masses ... non-productive cough ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... life • History: cough ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Rare: pleural effusions ... pulmonary #ILD #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung