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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Algorithm #causes
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... feeding vessel sign ... feeding vessel sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Luftsichel Sign ... lobe collapse causes ... the collapse lung ... Collapse #clinical #radiology ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
blue marks on her chest ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... #PhysicalExam # ... Video #Clinical
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
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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What’s the diagnosis ... and other rarer causes ... #physicalexam # ... clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology
Palpable Skin Crepitus on Physical Exam

Notice these air bubbles under the skin. An 86-year-old woman with
neck (shown in video ... and spaces can cause ... under the skin as long ... #Emphysema #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
pleural effusion on CXR ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Most likely diagnosis ... the skin (middle chest ... the underlying cause ... Friedreichs #Neck #JVP #PhysicalExam ... #Cardiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... visible wall #CXR ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology