2016 results
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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yrs - Cranial symptoms ... nodosa: - Skin nodules ... - pulmonary nodules ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #Table
Chagas Disease - Acute, Chronic and Reactivation 

Acute Chagas
 - 95% asymptomatic
 - Chagoma (Romana's sign),
- No signs or symptoms ... plaques, papules, nodules ... Reactivation #Diagnosis #Table
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... centrilobular nodules ... Miliary TB: random nodules ... Sarcoidosis: nodules ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
diseases with a nodular ... centrilobular nodules ... Sarcoidosis: nodules ... Sarcoidosis: nodules ... Differential #Comparison #Table
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
Nodular pattern( ... Sarcoidosis: nodules ... histiocytosis: early nodular ... HRCT #CTChest #Nodular ... Pattern #Comparison #Table
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... centrilobular nodules ... . - If pleural nodules ... . - If pleural nodules ... and also nodules
Solid pulmonary nodules can represent various etiologies:
- benign granulomas
- focal scar
- intrapulmonary lymph nodes
- primary malignancies
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Solid pulmonary nodules ... intrapulmonary lymph nodes ... Perifissural nodules ... intrapulmonary lymph nodes ... Guideline #Solid #Nodule
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
Pulmonary Nodule ... Evaluation is guided by nodule ... Pulmonary nodules ... Subsolid nodules ... Nodules that are
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
distribution of nodules ... diagnosis in the nodular ... most cases small nodules ... distribution, nodules ... Nodules are almost
On the left another typical case of sarcoidosis.
In addition to the perilymphatic nodules, there are multiple
perilymphatic nodules ... enlarged lymph nodes ... Peribronchovascular #Nodular