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Cheerio Sign (Open Bronchus Sign) on Chest CT
 • Pulmonary nodule with a central lucency
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central lucency • DDx ... and metastatic lung ... malignancy, rheumatoid ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Split Pleura Sign ... exudative effusion • DDx ... : Empyema, malignant ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical ... goals of assessing lung ... there are any signs ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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DDx: PAP, pulm ... lymphangitic spread of malignancy ... Crazy #Paving #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
with CTD, drugs, malignancy ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP DDX ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... disease • DM DDX ... characteristic features Clinical ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... disease • DM DDX ... characteristic features Clinical ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... vs infection vs malignancy ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical ... goals of assessing lung ... there are any signs ... #Algorithm #Effusion ... #Malignant #Management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... nonspecific • DX ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management