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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... On a Chest X-Ray ... cysts have thick walls ... in many cases UIP ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
irreversible bronchial wall ... Loss of weight • Chest ... high-resolution chest ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV ... #diagnosis
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
fibrotic lung disease ... Fibrosis #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR ... #Chest #XRay #labeled ... #pulmonary
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... , Sarcoidosis, HSP ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... localizers of disease ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Normal #Labeled
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... wall by adhesions ... is a possible diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... pneumonia, • Bronchiectasis ... overlying bronchial wall ... Tracheobronchial Diseases ... #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Disease: Clinical ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Clinical (Symptoms