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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Pain: • Chest ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... - Pneumonia ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... • Pleuritic chest ... infiltrate by chest ... #Management #treatment
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
and an abnormal chest ... Like in COP we see ... respond promptly to treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Eosinophilic
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Edema, Hemorrhage, Pneumonia ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonia ... HiRes #HighRes #Chest ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
coughed up, a cavity can ... be seen on the chest ... one month after treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Necessitans (EN) on Chest ... was admitted for pneumonia ... erodes into the chest ... fluid into the chest ... Fusobacterium Treatment
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
-> 40 years • Can ... disease • Infectious ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... severe community-acquired ... infections: Pneumonia
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Diagnosis Pulmonary/Chest ... Pleural effusion, Pneumonia ... decompensated CHF ... Pericarditis, CAD ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... Pleuritic chest ... failure - Infectious ... reticular opacities on chest ... macrophages Treatment
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections ... and M. fortuitum can ... massiliense in CF ... Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... • Dyspnea, • Chest