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Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
 •
Causes of Hemoptysis ... Malformation Normal CXR/CT ... Bronchitis Diffuse CT ... Vasculitis Infection ... • Bacterial
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... high-resolution chest CT ... ) • Broncho-arterial ... cultures (sputum for bacteria
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
 •
Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... bronchus • Chest CT ... endobronchial material ... aspirated foreign material ... • Calcified material
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
The epidemiology of this disease is 1/340,000 births and roughly double
Pathogenesis and clinical ... to produce all classes ... • Increased susceptibility ... bacterial infections ... (e.g. bacterial
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... Pulmonary arterial ... arterial hypertension ... diseases - HIV infection ... #Differential #Causes
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... WHAT ARE COMMON CAUSES ... Immunodeficiency 3) Infection ... (Bacterial, TB, ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect in arterial ... lung disease Caused ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... passage • Arterial ... management #treatment #hepatology
Pulmonary sequestration
This is an uncommon cause of lobar consolidation.
It is a congenital abnormality.
A nonfunctioning part of
Pulmonary sequestration ... is an uncommon cause ... tree and receives arterial ... with recurrent infection ... #Clinical #Radiology
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Malignancy • Infections ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... including retinal arterial ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes ... to medium-sized arteries
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... spasticity - Extensor ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... Infections: - ... Neurocysticercosis - Bacterial