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Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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from TB endemic areas ... cases Clinical Signs ... years - May have signs ... Diagnosis: - MRI ... tissue damage - CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Congenital absence of the pericardium: 
- CXR: leftward shift of the cardiac silhouette, Snoopy sign, no
pericardium: - CXR ... silhouette, Snoopy sign ... pericardium #CardiacMRI #CMRI ... #cardiology #chest ... #radiology #clinical
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
a patient with signs ... of CHF. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
effusion along areas ... poor prognostic signs ... Severe ischemic MR ... Rvol ≥ 30 mL • MR ... Infarction #acuteMI #cardiology
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
examine all the areas ... the silhouette sign ... Clinical #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Normal #Labeled
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... Other signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation
Air Bronchogram - Portable anterior–posterior chest radiography showed dense airspace disease with bilateral hemithorax opacification and
, a radiologic sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #Bronchogram #NEJM
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
ancestry, LGE on MRI ... May have typical HF ... ARB/ACE-I/ARNI/MRA ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
The scalpel sign has been recently described in dorsal thoracic arachnoid web on sagittal MRI spine
The scalpel sign ... web on sagittal MRI ... enlarged dorsal CSF ... #scalpel #sign # ... #radiology