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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
imaging findings in interstitial ... reticular, nodular, high ... low attenuation (table ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest
Chest XRay Interstitial Pattern - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Interstitial #Pattern #Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Chest XRay Interstitial ... Pattern - Differential ... Algorithm #Diagnosis ... Pulmonary #CXR #Interstitial ... #Pattern #Differential
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... - Chest Radiology ... • Miliary opacities ... typical pneumonia pathogens ... #Pattern #Chest
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Patterns - Differential ... Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial ... HiRes #HighRes #Chest ... #CT #Patterns #
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation ... pattern (2) 1. ... Non specific interstitial ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... #Comparison #Table
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 ... bronchovascular interstitium ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pulmonary Embolism (chest ... Hypertension - Chest ... Disease • Biliary
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung interstitium ... cells results in a pattern ... differential diagnosis (Table ... Kerley B lines on chest ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Neoplasm Pulmonary Interstitium ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... PNA • Primary ciliary ... Diagnosis: • HRCT (high-resolution ... chest CT) • Broncho-arterial ... growing uncommon pathogens