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Lung Auscultation and Physical Exam Findings in Selected Lung Disorders

#PhysicalExam #Auscultation #Pulmonary #Percussion #Dullness #Fremitus #BreathSounds
Lung Auscultation ... Physical Exam Findings ... in Selected Lung ... #Transmitted #Comparison ... #Table #Lung #Diagnosis
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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- Emphysema - Lung ... basis of HRCT findings ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... listed in the table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... about imaging findings ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Risk factors
Defining high- or low-risk is currently more difficult than it was in the old guideline.
Previously
smoking, history of lung ... characteristics alone (See Table ... #Diagnosis #Epidemiology ... Radiology #Pulmonary #Fleischner ... PulmonaryNodule #Nodule #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
) Differential diagnosis ... very similar HRCT findings ... throughout the whole lung ... #CTChest #UIP #Comparison ... Fibrosis #Mimic #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... with interstitial lung ... a predominant finding ... (Table). ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
the chest film (Table ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Stages #Findings ... #Signs #RadiologyAssistant