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Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... feeding vessel sign ... feeding vessel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
Hampton hump is a radiologic ... sign which consists ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
evidence of a chest ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... - Pulmonary symptoms ... pain) and signs
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... acute HF → no signs ... of CXR congestion
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... Nasal polyps and signs ... Physical stigmata of cor ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
most challenging differential ... the central dot sign ... helpfull in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Management Pneumonia Signs ... /Symptoms: • Confusion ... • Pleuritic chest ... radiograph or CT ... Yield of blood CX
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... • Pleuritic chest ... • CT: Halo sign ... Constitutional symptoms ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
he CT shows a lesion that originates in the lung.
Many would have a lungcancer on the
he CT shows a lesion ... the top of their differential ... the comet tail sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Atelectasis #CometTail #Sign
Colon Ischemia - Diagnosis Algorithm
Mild disease - Typical symptoms of Cl with none of the associated
Ischemia - Diagnosis Algorithm ... disease - Typical symptoms ... following: peritoneal signs ... venous gas on radiologic ... colonoscopy or CT