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Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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Tram Track Sign ... bronchiectasis, CF ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... necrosis (7-14 days later ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Polo Mint Sign on Chest CT
 • Partial filling defect in a blood vessel surrounded by
Polo Mint Sign on ... a rim contrast material ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... treatment for pulmonary ... #Clinical #PCC # ... Radiology #CXR # ... Oleothorax #NEJM
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... the silhouette sign ... we will discuss later ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
features on the chest ... In daily clinical ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... #Management #Signs
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
also demonstrate signs ... Bilateral pleural ... the differential diagnostic ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis