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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... On a Chest X-Ray ... appreciate on a cest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Loss of weight • Chest ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
anti-GBM) Other tests ... : • CT chest to ... Goodpasture's cause ... typically seen on chest ... CT
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... Imaging - CT Chest ... Myasthenia Crises
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... • CT: Halo sign ... factor • May cause ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
we see an old chest ... pulmonary embolus has caused ... On the CT we can ... #Clinical #Radiology ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
important finding on a chest ... has a limited differential ... The most common causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Patterns #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
infections, a common cause ... fever - Another cause ... ; a chest film; ... Fever #Travel #Differential ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
On the left a chest ... findig on the chest ... this pattern was caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Histiocytosis #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant