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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... With disease progression ... Calcification (seen in CT ... clinical #radiology #CXR ... #Chest #XRay #labeled
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... : Pleuritic chest ... level seen • Chest ... CT Lung Abscess ... treatment until the chest
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... throughout the lungs ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... failure, COPD, Lung ... +/- High res CT ... chest scan), CBC ... Infectious Diseases
Diffuse consolidation in bronchoalveolar carcinoma
The chest x-ray shows diffuse consolidation with 'white out' of the left
carcinoma The chest ... patient had a chronic ... disease with progressive ... Final diagnosis: ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... • CT: Halo sign ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... breath, Fatigue, Chest ... Pneumonia: • Chest
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... hump along may aid ... in the diagnosis ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography.
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... Malignancies • Chronic