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Typical Clinical Features of Major Causes of Acute Chest Discomfort

#ChestPain #Features #Signs #Symptoms #Comparison #Table #Characteristics
Typical Clinical ... Causes of Acute Chest ... ChestPain #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison ... #Table #Characteristics
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
with peripheral areas ... consolidation #Clinical ... Radiology #HRCT #CTChest ... HighAttenuation #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
: 'signet ring sign ... central dot. - LIP #Clinical ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CTChest ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Centrilobular emphysema: low attenuation areas without walls. Notice the centrilobular artery
low attenuation areas ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... In these cases comparison ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... More Specific Signs ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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Tram Track Sign ... extending to the lung ... bronchiectasis, CF ... #Tram #Track #Sign ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
Head Cheese Sign ... distinct radiographic areas ... #Head #Cheese #Sign ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #radiology #clinical
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 ... the silhouette sign ... #Clinical #Anatomy