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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Embolism (chest ... Hypertension - Chest ... Parenchymal • Pneumonia ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: Pleuritic chest ... level seen • Chest ... until the chest ... causes #management ... #treatment #diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Radiology • Miliary ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Pleuritic chest ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... reticular opacities on chest ... #diagnosis #management
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... caused by streptococcus ... respond to the treatment ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... low attenuation (table ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... high-resolution chest ... mycobacteria Treatment ... • Preventing exacerbations ... #differential #
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
a rigid chest cage ... Pulmonary Diseases ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT chest ... sparing of the lung ... typically seen on chest ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment