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Bronchus Sign on Chest CT
 • Airway leading directly to a peripheral lung nodule or mass
Bronchus Sign on ... to a peripheral lung ... nodule or mass • DDx ... #Sign #CT #Lung ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #radiology
Liver infections and imaging findings
 - Pyogenic Liver Abscess
 - Amebic Abscess
 - Cholangitic Microabscesses
Liver infections ... DDx of multiple ... Hepatic #imaging #radiology ... #Differential #Ddx ... #Diagnosis #Microbiology
Cheerio Sign (Open Bronchus Sign) on Chest CT
 • Pulmonary nodule with a central lucency
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Cheerio Sign (Open Bronchus ... central lucency • DDx ... and metastatic lung ... Cheerio #Sign #CT #Lung ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #radiology
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
the peripheral lung ... cut of a dilated bronchus ... bronchiectasis is prior infection ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... devices (CIED) Non-Infectious ... verrucous) • Lung ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... , verrucous) - Lung ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... Glomerulonephritis DDX ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Pulmonary sequestration
This is an uncommon cause of lobar consolidation.
It is a congenital abnormality.
A nonfunctioning part of
nonfunctioning part of the lung ... with recurrent infection ... feeding artery, that branches ... #Clinical #Radiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Disseminated Infections ... nonspecific • DX ... change in the lungs ... fingers, nails, bronchi ... , lungs, or the