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High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Patterns - Differential ... #CT #Patterns # ... Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
on Chest CT • ... distinct radiographic areas ... low, normal and high ... attenuation • DDx: sub-acute ... #CT #Lung #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... CT ... • IF staining patterns ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework High ... • High-altitude ... common causes of acute ... Embolism: • Acute
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Nasal polyps and signs ... Diagnosis: • HRCT (high-resolution ... chest CT) • Broncho-arterial ... Laboratory: • ANA, RF, CCP ... #differential #
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... STE: "Pardee's sign ... QRS complex Pulmonary ... (Eiffel Tower sign ... • Short QT, high
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Management Pneumonia Signs ... Uremia (blood urea ... radiograph or CT ... Nares screening: High ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Mediterranean areas ... by serositis • Acute ... in the knee-to-chest ... Positive Carnett's sign ... Abdominal #Pain #differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Aspergillosis • High ... • CT: Halo sign ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
with high endemicity ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... part by IL-1 • CAPS ... unlike PFAPA, CAPS ... dominant inheritance pattern