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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 ... disease and what ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... #causes #management
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
chronic interstitial lung ... disease with a ... pneumoconiosis which is caused ... #XRay #CXR #silicosis ... #clinical #radiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... #Radiology #differential ... diagnosis #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
or the anterior chest ... auricular papules Clinical ... severity of the disease ... levels of ALT or GGT ... anti-NXP2 Abs Lung
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
is a fibrotic lung ... disease caused ... Fibrosis #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR ... #Chest #XRay #labeled
Ground-glass opacity is nonspecific, but highly significant finding since 60-80% of patients with ground-glass opacity on
potentially treatable lung ... disease. ... the lung disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... #Radiology #CXR
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... The differential ... ago, that involved ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR #
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
far as you can go ... this pattern was caused ... many inhalational diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #