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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - Differential ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... Abnormal physical findings ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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- Emphysema - Lung ... basis of HRCT findings ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Differential
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... about imaging findings ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
or tumor cells (Table ... UIP, NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Consolidation #Differential
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... Hx of asthma, CF ... Emma Ye via BCM IM ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
., long QT syndrome ... = NSVT EKG Findings ... may not occur Differential ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
lucencies within the lung ... we describe a chest ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Incidental Finding ... Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... a predominant finding ... diagnosis (Table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest