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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Definition: Diffuse alveolar ... Differential Diagnosis ... • CXR (diffuse ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
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another patient with alveolar ... resolved after treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... RF, CCP, CPK, anti-scl70 ... anticentromere ab, Anti-dsDNA ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #ILD #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
reach the terminal alveoli ... taken up by the alveolar ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis) Anti-basement ... ANCA antibody, Anti-GBM ... usually low in anti-GBM ... to diffuse alveolar ... #management #treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
reach the terminal alveoli ... taken up by the alveolar ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Anti-GIomeruIar Basement Membrane Disease (Goodpasture's Disease)

What is it? A small vessel vasculitis with circulating antibodies directed
basement membrane and alveolar ... hemorrhage Diagnosis ... kidney biopsy Treatment ... sessions to clear active ... #nephrology #pulmonary
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
After treatment ... redistribution of the pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Epidemiology:
 • Prevalence: 1-2 cases per million -
continuous motor unit activity ... • CSF: Oligoclonal ... Person Syndrome Treatment ... #Management #treatment ... #neurology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... content of the alveoli ... respond to the treatment ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR