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On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
The clue here is
hyperperfused lung ... caliber due to chronic ... thromboembolic disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO #
On the left another patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
Again the ground glass
hyperperfused lung ... adjacent to oligemic lung ... thromboembolic disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... • Periodontal disease ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : Pleuritic chest ... CT Lung Abscess
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

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

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... • CT: Halo sign ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... in the adjacent lung ... hypertension • Mosaic ... of the affected lung ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
expiratory scan: the mosaic ... mid and lower lung ... proteinosis and other diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Chronic
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
diameter are called lung ... associated with lung ... malignancy, clinical ... comorbidities, such as chronic ... coronary artery disease
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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bronchiolitis or chronic ... disease, like the ... penicillamine) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... MosaicAttenuation #Mosaic