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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... bronchoscopy to complete ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... seen • Chest CT
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... SARS-CoV-2 (or complete ... of AECOPD: • Clinical
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... Diagnosis of Miliary ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... few months to several ... Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ... tissue damage - CXR ... involvement - CT
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... patient had a several ... dealing with the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ... Avium Complex (MAC ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
The differential ... diagnosis for this ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... day, followed by long