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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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and Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... • CXR • CBC ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Renal Calculus AXR ... radiation dose Ultrasound ... anatomy (collecting ... for non-calculus causes ... stones #calculus #Radiology
Gas in the Left Atrium and Ventricle - Computed tomographic (CT) angiography of his chest, abdomen,
Computed tomographic (CT ... A) #Clinical #Anatomy ... #CTS #Radiology ... #CT #CTChest #AtrialEsophagealFistula ... #Fistula #NEJM
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
fibrosis (CF) and ... bronchial obstruction caused ... CT demonstrated ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
fibrotic lung disease caused ... kaolin, mica, and ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Hemothorax after Thoracentesis - Unfortunately, hemothorax developed shortly after the procedure (Panel B). Computed tomography and
angiography of the chest ... D) #Clinical #Radiology ... #Hemothorax #CXR ... #CT #Angiogram ... Thoracentesis #NEJM
Salmonella enterica Aortitis - chest radiograph showed enlargement of the aortic arch, with deviation of the
enterica Aortitis - chest ... arch (Panels B and ... collection #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CT #Salmonella ... Enterica #Aortitis #NEJM
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
lunginfarction and ... pulmonary embolus has caused ... On the CT we can ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Tracheobronchomegaly - A preoperative chest radiograph was reassessed, and postoperative computed tomography confirmed tracheobronchomegaly (Panel A,
A preoperative chest ... Panels B and C) ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CT #Tracheobronchomegaly ... #NEJM
Large Hiatal Hernia - A chest radiograph showed a large air–liquid shadow in the inferior retrocardiac
Hiatal Hernia - A chest ... duodenum, which caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CT #HiatalHernia ... #NEJM