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Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
fibroblasts → fibrosis ... e.g. incidental CXR ... finding) ... but stable or chronic ... #Management #Signs
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
cardiac MR (double V sign ... • Parasitic disease ... heart failure symptoms ... #EMF #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
the chest film (Table ... and in chronic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages ... #Findings #Signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... Connective tissue diseases ... Nasal polyps and signs ... parenchyma Diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... of CXR congestion ... coronary artery disease ... #management #cardiology
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... Signs of fibrosis ... on the imaging findigs ... proteinosis and other diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology