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Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Feeding Vessel Sign ... on Chest CT • ... • DDx: Septic ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
Halo Sign on Chest ... CT • SPN or mass ... circumferential GGO • DDx ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... most common) Clinical ... meropenem) #Lung ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
serious underlying dx ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... History of cancer, lung
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... in the proper clinical ... feeding vessel sign ... feeding vessel sign ... #CXR #CTChest #
Water Lily Sign (Camalote Sign) on Chest CT
 • Hydatid cyst in the lung with a
Water Lily Sign ... on Chest CT • Hydatid ... free-floating endocyst • DDx ... #Camalote #CT # ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Bronchus Sign on Chest CT
 • Airway leading directly to a peripheral lung nodule or mass
Bronchus Sign on ... Chest CT • Airway ... nodule or mass • DDx ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Cheerio Sign (Open Bronchus Sign) on Chest CT
 • Pulmonary nodule with a central lucency
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on Chest CT • Pulmonary ... central lucency • DDx ... and metastatic lung ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Sand Storm Sign on Chest CT
 • Diffusely dense pulmonary micronodular calcifications. Note the black pleural
Sand Storm Sign ... on Chest CT • Diffusely ... (arrow) • DDx: ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Monod Sign on Chest ... CT • Air surrounding ... pulmonary cavity • DDx ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical