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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Abscess Diagnosis ... seen • Chest CT
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... • CT: Halo sign ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... oxygenation in pneumonia ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
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 ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... : Clinical Manifestations ... Lung Disease: ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... Imaging, high res CT
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Pott's Disease in ... extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... • Chronic lung ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... community-acquired infections: Pneumonia ... DDX - Other causes
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Most Common Causes ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Also known as: Lung ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... • Recurrent pneumonia ... bronchus • Chest CT ... Tracheobronchial Diseases
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
patient received a diagnosis ... bacterial infection caused ... formation of multiple abscesses ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #