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Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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and Cytoplasmic Patterns ... Nuclear Patterns ... • Homogeneous pattern ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... there are four patterns ... low attenuation (table ... seen and in many cases ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
Testing - Nuclear Patterns ... Homogeneous pattern ... ) Speckled pattern ... #differential # ... diagnosis #rheumatology
Inflammatory Myopathies
Dermatomyositis
 • Onset: Subacute
 • Pattern: Proximal
 • CK: Up to 50X ULN
 • Autoantibodies:
: Subacute • Pattern ... : Subacute • Pattern ... or subacute • Pattern ... Insidious/slow • Pattern ... table
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
serial dilution, a pattern ... significant • Pattern ... : The ANA patterns ... not specific ANA Patterns ... diagnosis #differential
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Pulmonary #CXR
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... CTChest #Nodular #Pattern ... #Comparison #Table
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... listed in the table ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Erythrocytosis) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Abnormal Abdominal Ultrasound ... #Causes #Hematology
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
may show this pattern ... #Breathing #Patterns ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities ... #Abnormal #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam