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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... mm) nodules • Diffusely ... process or (rarely) diffuse ... typical pneumonia pathogens ... #Pattern #Chest
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: ... management Causes ... of localized -> diffuse ... fibrosis, primary ciliary ... Differential #workup #algorithm
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... pattern The algorithm ... either random (miliary ... the nodules are diffuse ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... Disease • Biliary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Asthma • COPD • Bronchiectasis ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... PNA • Primary ciliary ... growing uncommon pathogens