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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... resolution falling to normal ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung ... #Differential #
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
Look for other signs ... may still have a normal ... chronic heart disease ... infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... - HIV infection ... due to lung disease ... lung disease Other ... #Differential #
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... P.jiroveci • Normal ... tuberculosis Infectious ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT
Tree-in-Bud Sign on Chest CT
 • Multiple centrilobular nodules arranged in a linear branching pattern.
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linear branching pattern ... atypical pna, Viral ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical #tree
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
thickening - lack of normal ... the peripheral lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Bronchiectasis ... #Differential #
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... Phos), CBC with differential ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... signs, clinical ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Nasal polyps and signs ... high-resolution chest CT ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
Head Cheese Sign ... areas of low, normal ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical