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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Dyspnea (underlying lung ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... History of cancer, lung ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... the underlying cause ... ARDS #Summary #CheatSheet
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung ... structures in the right lung ... CT demonstrated ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... segment or lobe of lung ... involving both lungs ... Rheumatologic/Autoimmune diseae ... pulmonary #diagnosis #differential
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... disease comes from ... is interstitial lung ... #RadiologyAssistant
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
Sometimes a CT is ... necessary to differentiate ... fracture from a lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... inhalational injury Differential ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
First study the CXR.
We know that in some cases there is an extra joint in the
First study the CXR ... lung cancer is ... Continue with the PET-CT ... #Lung #Cancer # ... Apical #FirstRib #RadiologyAssistant
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
Lung infarction ... In this case a lung ... On the CT we can ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant