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COVID-19 Patient Chest CT

Another case from Italy, they are skipping the XRAY and going straight to
CT Another case ... going straight to CT ... Note the diffuse ... COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CTChest ... #CriticalCare #GroundGlass
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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mm) nodules • Diffusely ... process or (rarely) diffuse ... inhalational injury Differential ... #Radiology #differential ... CXR #clinical #CT
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
Diagnosis and Management ... hemoptysis, anemia • Chest ... CT scan: diffuse ... DAH #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pulmonary #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Definition: Diffuse ... symptomatology Differential ... anti-CCP • CXR (diffuse ... high resolution chest ... CT • Bronchoscopy
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... pathology: • Blood: diffuse ... MG, ALS) • ↓ chest ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT ... capillaritis leading to diffuse ... hemorrhage (DAH) • Diffuse ... CT ... #diagnosis #management
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
Pachymeningitis - Differential ... condition that causes areas ... metastases CT ... Layer cake skull: diffuse ... thrombosis CT
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... CT Lung Abscess ... Management: • ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
- gastric and breast ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... and M panel Management ... hematology #diagnosis #management
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... Intermittent: Diffuse ... but often feel chest ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management