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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
rarely) diffuse inhalational ... Sarcoidosis, HSP • Inhalation ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary
Inhalational Injury: Pathogenesis and Complications

#Inhalational #Injury #pathophysiology #pulmonary
Inhalational Injury ... Complications #Inhalational ... pathophysiology #pulmonary
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
MV S - Smoke inhalation ... conditions caused by inhalation ... as metastatic pulmonary ... Pulmonary Diseases ... gases: - Smoke inhalation
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
fracture • Burn inhalation ... injury • Caustic inhalation ... diagnosis #causes #pulmonary
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
disease caused by inhalation ... Pneumoconiosis results from inhalation ... XRay #labeled #pulmonary
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... Acute, Chronic • Pulmonary ... #differential #pulmonary
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
herbivore manure • Inhalation ... diagnosis #treatment #pulmonary
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Respiratory Tract: Inhalation ... black eschar - Inhalation ... cause primary pulmonary ... Species - Invasive pulmonary ... Coccidioides • Pulmonary
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... resulting from inhalation
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
HISTOPLASMOSIS • Inhalation ... host): • Chronic pulmonary ... Infection occurs by inhalation ... Pathogenesis: • Inhalation ... . posadasii • Inhalation