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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung abscess ... Abscess Diagnosis ... CT Lung Abscess ... Abscess Differential
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
Care UltraSound (POCUS ... ) to CT or MRI. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #ChestXRay #KUB ... #CXR #Sensitivity
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... #causes
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
) — Lung Cancer ... #PatientInfo #Radiology ... Doses #Imaging #ChestXRay ... #CXR #CT #Nuclear ... #Comparison #Table
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Radiology • Miliary ... throughout the lungs ... #Radiology #differential ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... +/- High res CT ... chest scan), CBC ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... may aid in the diagnosis ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential