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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #differential #cardiology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
Diagnosis- Compatible syndrome ... + MRI lesions + ... lesions • 80% with lung ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #radiology #neurology
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung ... First there is equalisation ... In daily clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Can be the first ... Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... (e.g., long QT ... syndrome, ARVC) ... #differential #cardiology
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
…which is the first ... syncope, can be caused ... are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... characteristically cause ... ECG #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... chronic illness, clinical ... Sarcoidosis - at first ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Radiology #CXR
First study the CXR.
We know that in some cases there is an extra joint in the
First study the ... CXR. ... lung cancer is ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lung #Cancer
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
In these cases, ... bubble and the lung ... At first glance ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
particularly at the lung ... Here a CXR with ... pattern at the lung ... This pattern was first ... #Clinical #Radiology
Wegener's granulomatosis
Wegener's is a collagen vascular disease with vasculitis involving the lung, kidney and sinuses.
In the
In the lung the ... vasculitis causes ... infarcts which first ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #GPA #Wegeners