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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
Diffuse consolidation ... common cause of diffuse ... consolidation is ... Look for other signs ... infection, ARDS
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Environmental triggers - Infectious ... Heart failure - Diffuse ... PolyarteritisNodosa #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #Vasculitis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
10,000 ft) • Symptoms ... bilateral and diffuse ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... - The classic signs
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
: • Recurrent infection ... inflammation Symptoms ... Nasal polyps and signs ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... • Pulmonary artery
Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
 - Pulmonary Fibrosis -> Crackles, Abnormal CXR
 - Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart
Diffuse Systemic ... Scleroderma) - Pulmonary ... Renal Failure - Mask ... #Scleroderma #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
resolution of infection ... fluctuant, tender mass ... -> Petrositis (infection ... #Mastoiditis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Cholesteatoma (of middle ear): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Congenital trapping of keratinizing epithelium in middle
the middle ear Signs ... Visualization of mass ... • Intracranial Infection ... Cholesteatoma #MiddleEar #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Hormonal alterations (result of aging process)
    ->
dysregulation -> Bacterial infection ... obstruction due to mass ... Hyperplasia #Prostate #Pathophysiology ... #Urology #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... • CT: Halo sign ... dyspnea • Lobar consolidation ... Constitutional symptoms ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

High mortality without prompt recognition and management. HLH is a critical diagnostic consideration in
Triggers: ▪ Infections ... (often termed MAS-HLH ... Presentation • Common Signs ... and Symptoms: ... Pathophysiology