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Causes of Pleural Effusions
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #PleuralEffusions #Differential #Table #Transudative #Exudative
Causes of Pleural Effusions ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #PleuralEffusions
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria for diagnosis ... Exudative Pleural Effusion ... #Respiratory #PleuralEffusion ... InternalMedicine #Pediatrics #Diagnosis ... #Effusion #LightsCriteria
Pleural Effusions
#Diagnosis #PleuralEffusion #Lights #Criteria #Transudative #Exudative #Cholesterol #Sensitivity #Specificity
Pleural Effusions ... #Diagnosis #PleuralEffusion
Posterior L chest scan…same patient. Explains all! Massive L effusion, empyema. Drained and later discharged from
Massive L effusion ... , empyema. ... Lung #Massive #Empyema ... #PleuralEffusion
Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
Pleural effusion ... Asbestosis #Diagnosis ... Pulmonary #Pleural #Effusion ... #PleuralEffusion ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Atelectasis - Emphysema ... Pneumothorax - Effusion ... Reticular - Emphysema ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural effusion ... Centrilobular emphysema ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Empyema Necessitans ... drain - What’s the diagnosis ... This is Empyema ... infected pleural effusion ... of the pleural effusion
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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These include: - Emphysema ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... TractionBronchiectasis #Cysts #Emphysema ... #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Empyema Necessitans ... POCUS - What’s the diagnosis ... This is Empyema ... infected pleural effusion ... Because Empyema