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Urinary Tract Tuberculosis - Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed mild dilatation of the
Urinary Tract Tuberculosis ... dilatation of the left renal ... pelvis and thickening ... AcidFastBacilli #Microscopy ... #NEJM
Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
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Malformation Normal CXR ... /CT • Hematemesis ... Bronchitis Diffuse CT ... • Viral • Tuberculosis ... polyangiitis / microscopic
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... polyangiitis, Microscopic ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... resolution chest CT
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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symptoms of active pulmonary ... tissue damage - CXR ... for concomitant pulmonary ... involvement - CT ... of AFB by smear microscopy
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Mycobacterium: Tuberculosis ... thyroid, melanoma, renal ... differential #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Diagnostic Criteria for Scleroderma Renal Crisis 

1. New onset blood pressure >150/85 mm Hg OR increase
for Scleroderma Renal ... examination - Microscopic ... and/or red blood cells ... on urine microscopy ... anuria - Flash pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... Other tests: • CT ... seen on chest CT ... FINDINGS: • U/A: microscopic
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
macrophages and T cells ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Langerhans giant cells ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
macrophages and T cells ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Langerhans giant cells ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... +/- High res CT ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary