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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... On a Chest X-Ray ... is interstitial lung ... detected on a chest
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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- Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... #Chest #Radiology ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
: Pleuritic chest ... ) • CXR upright ... level seen • Chest ... CT Lung Abscess ... treatment until the chest
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... area of the left lung ... The differential ... #CXR #Oleothorax ... #NEJM
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 ... typical eggshell pattern ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia - Radiography of the chest revealed a cardiac apex, aortic arch, and gastric bubble
Radiography of the chest ... infiltrate in the left lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Kartagener ... SitusInversus #NEJM
Lung abnormalities mostly present as areas of increased density, which can be divided into the following
the following patterns ... published soon: Chest ... X-Ray - Lung disease ... Diagnosis #Pathophys #Radiology ... #CXR #Lung #Patterns
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status • Chronic lung ... massiliense in CF ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
A chest radiograph ... tomography of the chest ... indicated stage IV disease ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #