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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
complex • Nodular/Masses ... Nocardia spp; Actinomyces ... spp., NHL; Lung ... Pyogenic bacterial pneumonia ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT ... #differential #causes
Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia - Radiography of the chest revealed a cardiac apex, aortic arch, and gastric bubble
Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia ... infiltrate in the left lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Kartagener ... #NEJM
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... rarely typical pneumonia ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
Biopsy of the lung ... bacterial infection caused ... by actinomyces ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... disease caused ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Echinococcal Cysts in the Liver- The physical examination revealed hepatomegaly with a palpable hepatic mass. Laboratory
Hydatid disease ... is caused by the ... #clinical #NEJM ... liver #hepatic #radiology ... #CT #ultrasonography
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Also known as: Lung ... • Recurrent pneumonia ... bronchus • Chest CT ... neoformans • Actinomyces ... Tracheobronchial Diseases
Large Hiatal Hernia - A chest radiograph showed a large air–liquid shadow in the inferior retrocardiac
duodenum, which caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CT #HiatalHernia ... #NEJM