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High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Low Attenuation Nodular ... HiRes #HighRes #Chest ... #pulmonary #radiology
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... spread of MTB infection ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Radiology • Miliary ... Differential Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... moderate-to-severe cases) • Cyanosis ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... high-resolution chest ... #differential #diagnosis
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... opacities - Fine Nodular ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
body • Bird and bat ... has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... dissemination occurs and produces ... , ocular, or disseminated
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Milk • Food products ... • Nodular or ... fortuitum can produce ... Disease: Clinical ... • Dyspnea, • Chest
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... and other non-pulmonary ... between these chest ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Pleuritic chest ... • Reticular + Nodular ... failure - Infectious ... reticular opacities on chest ... ↑ ESR, CRP BAL
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
Monod Sign on Chest ... surrounding a fungal ball ... a preexisting pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical