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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
the air-fluid level ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Cor triatriatum
 • Epidemiology
 • Etiology
 • Associated Lesions
 • Differentials Diagnosis
 • Anatomy - Sinister,
Cor triatriatum ... Physiology • Clinical ... • Treatment ... GinaMPatel #Cor ... #management #cardiology
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... CBC, vitamin D level ... ventilated • CXR ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Innumerable, bilateral ... - Air-fluid level ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
A 50 yo F with a history of poor dentition presents to the ED with fever
to the ED with fever ... A CXR is done. ... Diagnosis: Cavitary ... lung abscess #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
necrosis (7-14 days later ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... decubitus - air fluid level
Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
with Air-Fluid Level ... latent TB s/p treatment ... Labeled CXR: ... #ChestXRay #Clinical ... #Pulmonary #Radiology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Fat infiltrates maternal ... AP, ↑INR, ↑BUN/Cr ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Support - Critical ... obstetrics #obgyn #diagnosis
The retracted visceral pleura is seen (blue arrow) which indicates that there is a pneumothorax.
There is
is an air-fluid level ... this air-fluid level ... only key to the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax