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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... toxicity, Pulmonary edema ... ; Lung cancer, Kaposi ... effusion lymphoma), Kaposi's ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
patient who had a CT ... based on this CT ... cardiogenic pulmonary edema ... #Clinical #Radiology
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
by interstitial edema ... manifestation of AIDS ... #Clinical #Radiology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome – ARDS ... : Clinical Cheat ... with pulmonary edema ... be detected on CT ... days after dx of ARDS
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... diagnosis of pulmonary oedema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CXR #ChestXRay #ARDS
Kaposi Sarcoma Forms
Kaposi Sarcoma (KS) is an endothelial cell cancer with an inflammatory component, which has
Kaposi Sarcoma Forms ... Kaposi Sarcoma ... multiple heterogenous clinical ... visceral involvement AIDS-related ... tumor-associated edema
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... week of a known clinical ... with pulmonary edema ... computed tomographic (CT ... >= 5cm H2O #ARDS
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... embolism, Pulm edema ... 200: Pulmonary Kaposi's ... CXR +/- High res CT
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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Paving on Chest CT ... DDx: PAP, pulm edema ... pna, pulm hge, ARDS ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... should be based on clinical ... + mass effect/Edema ... enhancement on CT ... - +mass effect/Edema