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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
on Chest X-Ray ... is a chronic interstitial ... lung disease with ... pneumoconiosis which is caused ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... • Infection: TB ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... mycobacteria Treatment
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... : Pleuritic chest ... level seen • Chest ... CT Lung Abscess ... until the chest
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... Calcification (seen in CT ... clinical #radiology #CXR ... #Chest #XRay #labeled ... #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
fibrotic lesions ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... malignancy, and chronic ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
fibrotic lesions ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... malignancy, and chronic ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... apices caused by ... a rigid chest cage ... Pulmonary Diseases ... aspergillosis - Chronic
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Pericarditis) -> Chest ... Dyspnea, pleuritic chest ... pleural effusion on CXR ... disease/pulmonary ... fibrosis (mechanism
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR