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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Common Variable ... cancers: Most common ... - gastric and breast ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... severe community-acquired
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... it may be more commonly ... Mycobacteria: TB (most common ... cases surgery is required ... clinical #video #pulmonary
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
condition that causes areas ... metastases CT ... collection • Acquired ... : • The most common ... thrombosis CT
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... tightness Most Common ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... cultures growing uncommon
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Uremia (blood urea ... radiograph or CT ... Management #treatment #Pulmonary ... #Community #Acquired
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
Cheese Sign on Chest ... CT • Juxtaposition ... distinct radiographic areas ... #Cheese #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... embolism it is not common ... The pulmonary embolus ... On the CT we can ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
infection • Most common ... disease: Pleuritic chest ... level seen • Chest ... CT Lung Abscess ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
dyspnea • (Less common ... • CT: Halo sign ... PNEUMONIAS: Most Common ... • Lung most commonly ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Imaging, high res CT