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Plain radiography of the abdomen revealed calcification of both adrenal glands. A homozygous mutation in LIPA
confirmed the diagnosis ... deficiency, or Wolman’s disease ... #infant #NEJM # ... Wolmans #radiology ... #xray
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
- Differential Diagnosis ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... , bronchoscopy to
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... disease caused ... (seen in CT!). ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Also known as: Lung ... : • Chest Xray ... CTBronchoscopy ... therapeutic - Bronchoscopy ... Tracheobronchial Diseases
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... disease comes from ... On a Chest X-Ray ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Whistling Cough- A 4-year-old boy presented to the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic with a 2-day history of
and lower left lung ... A rigid bronchoscopy ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #chest ... #xray #peds #respiratory
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... area of the left lung ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology ... #CXR #Oleothorax ... #NEJM
Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia - Radiography of the chest revealed a cardiac apex, aortic arch, and gastric bubble
Radiography of the chest ... pneumonia was diagnosed ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Kartagener ... SitusInversus #NEJM
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... +/- High res CT ... chest scan), CBC ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis