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Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
Low Attenuation pattern ... Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): regular ... LowAttenuation #Cystic #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Inflammatory Myopathies
Dermatomyositis
 • Onset: Subacute
 • Pattern: Proximal
 • CK: Up to 50X ULN
 • Autoantibodies:
Inflammatory Myopathies ... : Subacute • Pattern ... BrighamChiefs #Inflammatory ... differential #diagnosis #comparison ... #rheumatology #table
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
consolidation and GG pattern ... , irregular lines ... peripheries and lower ... Intraluminal plugs of inflammatory ... other processes Workup
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
Diagnosis and Patterns ... may radiate into lower ... infectious, or inflammatory ... Commonly work related ... #Features #Comparison
Reticular pattern 
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular septal thickening, usually focal or unilateral 50% adenopathy', known carcinoma.
2.
Reticular pattern ... carcinomatosis: irregular ... CTChest #Reticular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
Kaposi Sarcoma Forms
Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) is an endothelial cell cancer with an inflammatory component, which has
cancer with an inflammatory ... Typically confined to lower ... Adults present with lower-limb ... Sarcoma #Forms #comparison ... #table #diagnosis
Algorithm for the management of patients presenting with acute Lower GI Bleed
High-risk patients
Multiple high-risk clinical features.a
Algorithm for the ... presenting with acute Lower ... hernodynamically stable ... Manage on regular ... #Lower #GIBleed
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Diets and Inflammatory ... balanced, nutritious Table ... requirements +regular ... IBD #Nutrition #comparison ... #table #management