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Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
CT • Juxtaposition ... distinct radiographic areas ... #Cheese #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... in adults - Breast ... - Thyroid - Lung ... Non-Malignant • Giant Cell ... Causes #Oncology #Radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... we describe a chest ... is to describe areas ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to impaired B-cell ... • Chronic lung ... - gastric and breast ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass
Cystic lung disease
Lung cysts are defined as radiolucent areas with a wall thickness of less than
as radiolucent areas ... as radiolucent areas ... emboli, squamous cell ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Cystic
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma ... A chest radiograph ... that were in his breast ... NEJM #clinical #radiology ... #CT #squamous #
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
and non-affected lung ... areas. ... There are patchy areas ... disease #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... examine all the areas ... where the lung ... are usely not well ... Clinical #Anatomy #Radiology
On the left a patient with ground glass pattern in a mosaic distribution.
The clue here is
enlargement of pulmonary ... (arrow) in the areas ... hyperperfused lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GGO #
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
suspected) - CT ... chest; CT abdomen ... “big & sticky” cells ... , shortness of breath ... renal failure, pulmonary