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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... History of cancer, lung
Diagnostic approach to acute exacerbation in interstitial lung disease.  Abbreviation: ILD, interstitial lung disease; GGO,
Diagnostic approach ... to acute exacerbation ... glass opacity; CT ... #Algorithm #Acute ... #Disease #Diagnosis
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
differentiate between acute ... the differential diagnosis ... - Lung neoplasms ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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IgG4-Related Disease ... head and neck, pancreas ... biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT ... hypergammaglobulinemia, ↑ acute
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Algorithm Cardiac ... • Diffuse Lung ... Acute Respiratory ... • Chronic Lung ... #RHF #RightSided
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
position Obstructive lung ... areas of the lung ... dyspnoe due to acute ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Kerley B lines, alveolar ... CXR congestion. ... coronary artery disease
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
CT will also demonstrate ... the differential diagnostic ... presentation of alveolar ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
filling of the alveoli ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR