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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Consolidation - ... Lobar consolidation ... - Diffuse consolidation ... opacities Nodule or mass ... - Solitary Pulmonary
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
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Diffuse consolidation ... common cause of diffuse ... consolidation is ... Look for other signs ... #CXR #Diffuse #
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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and knees • Diffuse ... sclerosis (DcSSc; diffuse ... skin thickening Signs ... and Symptoms: ... #symptoms #testing
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
Chest Pain - Diffuse ... Constitutional Symptoms ... - Peripheral Consolidations ... AKA "inverse pulmonary ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #pulmonary
Sarcoidosis
Stage 1 - Bilateral LAD without involvement of lung parenchyma
Stage 2 - Bilateral LAD with involvement
4 - Fibrosis Pulmonary ... hilar LAD and diffuse ... chylothorax, and pulmonary ... Stages #Staging #Signs ... #Symptoms #Summary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... or serologies + symptoms ... capillaritis leading to diffuse ... hemorrhage (DAH) • Diffuse ... ground glass or consolidative
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
inflammation Symptoms ... Nasal polyps and signs ... stigmata of cor pulmonale ... 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 ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

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