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Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
Diagnosis is generally ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... pleuritic chest pain) and ... #Pulmonolary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... - Imaging: • CXR ... - Diagnosis: ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... #ILD #diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... Differential Diagnosis ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... (OP) and chronic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
a CT to rule out ... pulmonary embolism ... The diagnosis based ... on this CT was ... #Clinical #Radiology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... +/- High res CT ... CBC/diff, Blood and ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
non-pulmonary findings ... Lobar pneumonia ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
aortic knob/aortic-pulmonary ... window and the ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
the differential diagnosis ... post-obstructive pneumonia ... like organizing pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... context, and consider ... UltraSound (POCUS) to CT ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ChestXRay #KUB #CXR