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Main causes of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases.

#differential #algorithm #diagnosis #causes #DPLD #ILD #parenchymal #lung #diseases #pulmonary
Main causes of diffuse ... parenchymal lung ... diseases. ... #differential #algorithm ... #diseases #pulmonary
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... Infectious - Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm Acute ... #pulmonary #differential
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
AIDS Patients • Diffuse ... complex • Nodular/Masses ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Nocardia spp., Mycobacterium ... #diseases #differential
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Cystic Lung Disease ... Proteus Syndrome Diffuse ... nickmmark #Cystic #Lung ... #Disease #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Diffuse Lung Disease ... • Chronic Lung ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
pulmonary infection ... with underlying lung ... disease. 15% mortality ... as disseminated disease ... #diagnosis #differential
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... disease comes from ... disease and what ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pulmonary Arterial ... #Causes
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Interstitial lung ... diseasePulmonary ... #Causes #Pulmonary