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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... Disease-specific testing ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... high resolution chest ... CT • Bronchoscopy
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
day HEART - Coronary ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR ... #CT #Nuclear #Comparison ... #Table #Risks #Testing
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Diagnosis of Miliary ... #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... testing, patient ... disease and coronary ... artery disease; ... 70% to 90% for a diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Pulmonary artery ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... CT Lung Abscess ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... treatment for pulmonary ... #CXR #Oleothorax ... #NEJM
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
tomography of the chest ... reconstructed in the coronal ... intraparenchymal pulmonary ... #CT #wedge #biopsy ... #NEJM