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The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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- Lung cysts (LAM ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... #Diagram #Comparison
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
Differential diagnosis ... : 'signet ring sign ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Comparison #Table
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
diagnosis there ... the surrounding lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
HP (right) Differential ... centrilobular emphysema ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #Comparison
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Split Pleura Sign ... effusion • DDx: Empyema ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
caused by a rigid chest ... Centrilobular emphysema ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... lack lung rales ... Chest x-ray: signs ... #management #cardiology
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
most challenging differential ... diagnosis in this ... the central dot sign ... helpfull in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... old calcified empyema ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... test - Cogan sign ... - Peek sign ... Imaging - CT Chest ... inhibition - Chronic