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Lung Nodule - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Nodule on > 2 Years Without a Change in Size:
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Lung Nodule - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cyst • Rounded Atelectasis ... Neck, Sarcoma, Colon ... , Kidney, Breast
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
the peripheral lung ... lumen - associated atelectasis ... The most common ... patients with chronic ... Bronchiectasis #Differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
tightness Most Common ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... dyspnea • (Less common ... • CT: Halo sign ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... Signs of fibrosis ... mid and lower lung ... included in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
or fibrosis in chronic ... or NSIP pattern ... consider drug-related lung ... disease in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Common Dermatological Conditions - Distribution and Morphology
 • Acne vulgaris - Face, upper back, chest -
Common Dermatological ... associated with signs ... Christmas tree pattern ... dermatology #rash #differential ... diagnosis #skin #common
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... papules and Gottron sign ... ) • Shawl sign ... slow onset and pattern ... muscular atrophy • Chronic
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
globally, excluding areas ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... the acute flare; chest ... syndrome - chronic ... dominant inheritance pattern