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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
disease or CHF) ... Abnormal physical findings ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... and drug-related lung ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... densities iin the left lung ... On the CT cavitation ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
about imaging findings ... in interstitial lung ... disease comes from ... disease and what ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... larger ones are ill-defined ... The lab-findings ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Wegener's granulomatosis
Wegener's is a collagen vascular disease with vasculitis involving the lung, kidney and sinuses.
In the
collagen vascular disease ... In the lung the ... with non-specific findings ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Multifocal #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
The findings on ... changes in the basal lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Pneumonitis #Reticular #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Incidental Finding ... area of the left lung ... abnormality includes an old ... PCC #Radiology #CXR ... #Oleothorax #NEJM
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
Sometimes a CT is ... fracture from a lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Old #RibFracture ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
non-pulmonary findings ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant