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Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
Head Cheese Sign ... on Chest CT • ... distinct radiographic areas ... attenuation • DDx: sub-acute ... #Sign #CT #Lung
Uremic frost on the forehead.

Full blown uremic syndrome of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is seldom seen
is seldom seen these ... fetor, pericardial rub ... concentration of urea ... deposition of urea ... #Photo
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
skin (esp. over areas ... Pericarditis) -> Chest ... supine, friction rub ... audible Lungs: ... cause interstitial lung
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Metastatic tumors: Breast ... Leukemia Lung ... esophageal perforation. chest ... injury Blunt chest ... pericarditis) Uremia
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
• Chronic lung ... - gastric and breast ... lymphocytic interstitial lung ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
• Pleuritic chest ... Bands > 15% • Uremia ... (blood urea nitrogen ... infiltrate by chest ... radiograph or CT
Uremic Frost in End-Stage Renal Disease- A 39-year-old man with end-stage renal disease presented to the
showed a blood urea ... crystallization of urea ... #NEJM #clinical ... #photo #renal #urology ... #urea
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
A chest radiograph ... tomography of the chest ... that were in his breast ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography. ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine
Bronchoscopic Removal of an Obstructing Broncholith - Computed tomography of the chest showed an obstructing broncholith
tomography of the chest ... consolidation (Panel B, lung-window ... #Broncholith #CT ... #Bronchoscopy #NEJM