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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to impaired B-cell ... Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... Epstein-Barr syndrome, HIV
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma ... biopsy confirmed a diagnosis ... disease... ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Disease by CD4 ... • CT: Halo sign ... dyspnea • Lobar consolidation ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... #AIDS #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
lung disease ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... cell counts less ... Lung Disease: ... Imaging, high res CT
Thumbprinting in Ischemic Colitis- Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen, performed to evaluate the possibility of
infectious colitis, as well ... consistent with a diagnosis ... colitis #clinical #radiology ... #CT #thumbprinting ... #sign #NEJM