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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... common pattern ... on a CXR. ... seen and in many cases ... #Differential #
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tachypnea - Normal Chest ... Bronchitis - No URTI Symptoms ... #Causes #Peds #
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
e.g. biopsy, car ... bruising/erythema/sign ... mastitis • Usually caused ... diseases #benign #differential ... diagnosis #surgery #causes
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... eosinophilia (common ... causes are asthma ... organ-specific signs ... #Differential #
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
the southern and eastern ... Mediterranean areas ... in the knee-to-chest ... Positive Carnett's sign ... Abdominal #Pain #differential
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Uncommon Causes ... Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... • Other common ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... from other common ... life-threatening causes ... #Pericarditis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Presentation
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
skin (esp. over areas ... pleural effusion on CXR ... inflammation tends to cause ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... tightness Most Common ... Nasal polyps and signs ... Physical stigmata of cor ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
is a reticular patern ... recognized that this pattern ... was caused by multiple ... the central dot sign ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR