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Diagnostic approach to acute exacerbation in interstitial lung disease.  Abbreviation: ILD, interstitial lung disease; GGO,
Abbreviation: ILD ... glass opacity; CT ... #Algorithm #Acute ... #Disease #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... resolution chest CT ... biopsy By Tess Litchman ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Superior vena cava syndrome ... Emphysema • Cancer ... • Interstitial lung
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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Tram Track Sign ... bronchiectasis, CF, ILD ... ABPA Kartagener's syndrome ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... : • Syndrome of ... , cancer, and immunocompromised ... Lung Disease: ... Imaging, high res CT
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... Other tests: • CT ... sparing of the lung ... seen on chest CT
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Causes of Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign - Anechoic on ultrasound, Well-demarcated on ultrasound/CT,
Algorithm Benign ... Polycystic Kidney Disease ... Hippel-Lindau Syndrome ... Carcinoma - No signs ... Cystic #RenalMass #Nephrology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... • CT: Halo sign ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm in Cancer
UOsm ≥ 100 mOsm/kg = Urine is inappropriately concentrated for hypotonic
Algorithm in Cancer ... capillary leak syndrome ... tumors, brain or lung ... #Cancer #algorithm ... #nephrology #oncology