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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
: reticular, nodular ... low attenuation (table ... On a Chest X-Ray ... is reticular. ... detected on a chest
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
cells results in a pattern ... of reticular opacities ... differential diagnosis (Table ... Kerley B lines on chest ... HRCT #CTChest #Reticular
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 ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Neoplasm Pulmonary Interstitium
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
purpura, livedo reticularis ... - GI tract: abdominal ... inflammatory lesions-interstitial ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... - (C-ANCA) pattern
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Mediterranean Fever ... the southern and eastern ... in the knee-to-chest ... to identify • Radicular ... back pain and radicular
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
purpura, livedo reticularis ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... white and gray matter ... gut involvement, abdominal ... inflammatory lesions - interstitial
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... change CV risk Chest ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
with abdominal ... the acute flare; chest ... cutaneous and articular ... dominant inheritance pattern ... not have a known pathogenic