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Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
- Lymphangitic spread ... to lung - Malignant ... pericardial effusion - Lung
Diffuse consolidation in bronchoalveolar carcinoma
The chest x-ray shows diffuse consolidation with 'white out' of the left
out' of the left lung ... consolidation in the left lung ... and finally spread ... to the right lung
Metastases
Metastases are the most common cause of multiple pulmonary masses.
Usually they vary in size and are
with subsequent spread ... disease to the lungs ... CXR #LungMets #Lung
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... with interstitial lung ... ; lymphangitic spread ... in lymphangitic spread
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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, lymphangitic spread ... Paving #Sign #CT #Lung
Lemierre’s Syndrome - Pathophysiology

Lemierre’s is an infectious thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein.

 - It starts
untreated, it can spread ... in the liver, lungs
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
e.g., metastatic spread ... : lung cancer, breast
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... Indicates hematogenous spread
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Upper lobe lung ... Hematogenous spread
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
nodular interstitial lung ... that is so wide-spread