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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 physical findings ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... With disease progression ... Calcification (seen in CT ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Incidental Finding ... Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... #CXR #Oleothorax ... #NEJM
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung ... , as in cystic fibrosis ... structures in the right lung ... CT demonstrated ... #CXR #CTChest #
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... about imaging findings ... in interstitial lung ... disease comes from ... is interstitial lung
Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis (PPFE) on Chest CT
47 M with idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis. Typical imaging findings:
- Upper lobe
CT 47 M with idiopathic ... Typical imaging findings ... subpleural and pleural fibrosis ... Rare - GVHD, lung ... clinical #pulmonary #CXR
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 ... #Radiology #differential ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
The radiographic findings ... consider drug-related lung ... differential. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #DrugInduced
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
A chest radiograph ... Findings on bronchoscopy ... indicated stage IV disease ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential