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Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
due to lung disease ... Interstitial lung ... tumoral obstruction, fibrosing ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... disease or CHF) ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Pulmonary artery hypertension ... • Mosaic attenuation ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... mid and lower lung ... proteinosis and other diseases ... included in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
due to chronic ... thromboembolic disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Attenuation #Differential
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... caused by a rigid chest ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... CT Lung Abscess ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Chronic Thromboembolic ... Thromboendarterectomy Chronic ... thromboembolic material, mosaic ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... have inoperable disease
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
lung disease ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... Lung Disease: ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Disease by CD4 ... • CT: Halo sign ... Abdominal pain, chronic