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Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
CT • Distinct pulmonary ... leading into a lung ... Septic emboli, pulm infarction ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Nocardiosis - Nocardia spp
Pathogen: Filamentous gram-positive branching rod, grows in acid fast staining and anaerobic conditions
Clinical
anaerobic conditions Clinical ... involved) 32% • Pulmonary ... Primary site of infection ... 9%, up to 20% lung ... Nocardiosis #Nocardia #diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Disease: Clinical ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
Pattern - Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Pulmonary hemorrhage ... Infarction - peripheral ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
surrounded by opacified lung ... severe ILD, pulm infarction ... Bronchogram #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
Lung infarction ... Embolism Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... PulmonaryEmbolism #Lung ... #Infarction #RadiologyAssistant
Melioidosis - Skin Infection
63M h/o diabetes with c/o fever, chest pain, dyspnea x 3 days, CT
Melioidosis - Skin Infection ... Diagnosis: Melioidosis ... alcoholism, liver/lung ... #Cellulitis #Clinical ... #Photo #dermatology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... , verrucous) - Lung ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases