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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 ... disease #Chronic ... #Algorithm #causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... seen • Chest CT
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... densities iin the left lung ... cavitation in the right lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
x-ray there is an ill-defined ... weight loss or long ... of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
The table summarizes ... Chronic diseases ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... is interstitial lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
Fibrosis is a chronic ... interstitial lung ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #silicosis #clinical ... #radiology
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
abnormality includes an old ... collapse the involved lung ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... lung disease ... status NTM Cause ... Lung Disease: ... Imaging, high res CT