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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... On a Chest X-Ray ... pattern can be ... seen and in many cases
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Neoplasm Pulmonary Interstitium
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
is a histologic pattern ... On a chest X-ray ... as a reticular pattern ... This pattern was ... attributed to chronic
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
Abnormalities in ... disease, pleuritic chest ... may show this pattern ... asthma, chronic ... #Breathing #Patterns
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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pulmonary and renal abnormalities ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... - (C-ANCA) pattern ... - (P-ANCA) pattern
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
slow onset and pattern ... Conduction system abnormalities ... statins - probably caused ... ANTI-MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY: • Chronic ... muscular atrophy • Chronic
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
the acute flare; chest ... syndrome - chronic ... dominant inheritance pattern ... not have a known pathogenic ... cause and are not