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Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
The differential diagnostic ... most important diagnoses ... #Management #Radiology ... #Lung #Multiple ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Embolism - Prognosis
Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (PESI)
Age X, Male gender (10), History of cancer (30),
Pulmonary Embolism ... Prognosis Pulmonary Embolism ... (10), Chronic lung ... mortality • Class Ill ... AcutePE #Prognosis #diagnosis
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... densities iin the left lung ... cavitation in the right lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
Upper lung zone ... bronchiolitis (RB-ILD ... Pulmonary edema #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Upper #Lower #RadiologyAssistant
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... and Management ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... #diagnosis #Management
More than 100 entities manifest as diffuse lung disease.
Fortunately only about 10 of these account for
different lists of diagnoses ... 80 - 90% of all diagnoses ... some of them the old ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Mnemonic #HRCT #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Algorithm for the Management ... Electrical Storm ES diagnosed ... Normal QTc • Long ... #VTach #diagnosis ... #cardiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... or multifocal ill-defined ... tissue of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD ... #diagnosis #management