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The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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result in decreased lung ... - Emphysema - Lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary ... decompensated CHF ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... heart failure, COPD ... , Lung cancer, Primary ... /- High res CT chest ... #workup #diagnosis
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
- Differential Diagnosis ... Low Attenuation Nodular ... Sarcoidosis, NSIP, COP ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung ... In these cases comparison ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
the differential diagnosis ... irregular and often nodular ... identified in the lung ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #TreeInBud
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... Differential Diagnosis ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Nocardia, zoonotic infections ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... infections according ... #Lung #Infections ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Chest
Mosaic Attenuation on Chest CT
 • Variable attenuation seen on a chest CT in a lobular
CT in a lobular ... PJP, CEP, HP, COP ... Attenuation #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical