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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... resolution chest CT ... out infection, biopsy ... #differential #diagnosis
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Physical Exam 74 year-old ... The video shows ... fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify ... also pulmonary
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Physical Exam 74 year-old ... The video shows ... fractures missed by CXR ... , so use CT to identify ... also pulmonary
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT ... or excisional biopsy
More than 100 entities manifest as diffuse lung disease.
Fortunately only about 10 of these account for
as diffuse lung disease ... assessed by open lung biopsy ... some of them the old ... #Pulmonary #SHITFACED ... Mnemonic #HRCT #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... a repeat chest CT ... disease and coronary ... artery disease; ... growth with chest CT
The CT-image is not very helpful in the differentiation.
There are hypodense areas, which could be masses.
On
The CT-image is ... Finally the diagnosis ... non Hodgkin's disease ... made based on biopsy ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... Other tests: • CT ... of PRS: Biopsy ... seen on chest CT
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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hematogenous spread of a disease ... Differential Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
Sometimes a CT is ... and the enlarged pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Old #RibFracture ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant