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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Pericardial • Effusion ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Distention Pulmonary Alveoli ... Neoplasm Pulmonary Interstitium ... • ILD • CHF
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Cardiogenic pulmonary edema ... bronchovascular interstitium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
septal lines due to interstitial ... presentation of alveolar ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... #Septal #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
leakage into the interstitium ... (alveolar edema ... space (pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... abdominojugular, reflux ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Kerley B lines, alveolar ... pleural effusions
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Pumonary cardiogenic edema ... filling of the alveoli ... this is nodular interstitial ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary ... #Edema #AlveolarEdema ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant
Key findings in alveolar proteinosis
- Crazy paving pattern: reticular pattern superimposed on ground glass opacification.
- Opacifications
This is caused by ... transported to the interstitium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AlveolarProteinosis ... #CrazyPaving #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
fluid into the interstitium ... finally into the alveoli ... pulmonary disease and causes ... can be seen on a chest-film ... Findings #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
bilateral in 70% of cases ... of CHF. ... seen on a supine chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant