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Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... inhalational injury Differential ... Diagnosis of Miliary ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
likely it will be clinically ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... Fibrosis, Multiple ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #differential
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
of pulmonary fibrosis ... suspect UIP on the CXR ... to confirm the diagnosis ... Here a CXR with ... #Clinical #Radiology
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... and obstructive pattern ... tumoral obstruction, fibrosing ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
The differential ... diagnosis includes ... with upper lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
the left lower lobe ... like idiopathic pulmonary ... or NSIP pattern ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology
B-Lines in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Lung comets are usually seen in wet lungs, but do not forget that
Fibrosis Lung ... important differential ... diagnosis. ... In the latter case ... #tails #clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
fibrotic lesions ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
fibrotic lesions ... characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
is a reticular patern ... diagnosis in this ... The upper lobe predominance ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #