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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
night sweats, chills ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... History of cancer, lung
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
In the proper clinical ... weight loss or long ... list of causes of chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
There is a lung ... with a cystic lung ... LAM is a rare lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
the differential diagnosis ... Neoplasm with lobar ... - Lung neoplasms ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... upright or lat
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
illness, clinical ... Lobar pneumonia ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... lack lung rales ... → no signs of CXR
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level.
The upper lobe is still attached to the chest wall
There is a lung ... with a cystic lung ... LAM is a rare lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... month history of chronic ... The lab-findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... - Imaging: • CXR ... peripheries and lower lung ... : • Lung biopsy ... TBNA or Surgical lung