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Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Normal variant Pulsus ... heart failure Pulsus ... followed by rapid collapse ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Luftsichel Sign in Left Upper Lobe Collapse - Chest X-Ray

An upper lobe collapse causes the collapse
Left Upper Lobe Collapse ... An upper lobe collapse ... causes the collapse ... or curtain and causes ... #clinical #radiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Beck’s triad), pulsus ... show diastolic collapse ... Triad #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
atelectasis or lobar collaps ... The most common causes ... in smokers - Mucus ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Patterns #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
and impacted (mucus ... Diagnosis #Pathophys #Radiology ... TreeInBud #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
Mucoid impaction Mucus ... differentiating mucus ... #Clinical #Radiology ... MucusPlugging #Mucus ... #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
summarizes the causes ... vessels #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Unilateral #Bilateral #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
Atelectasis - collapse ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... CXR #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
These images are of a patient who had widespread bronchopneumonia and was on ventilation.
During follow up
caused by a large mucus ... suction of the mucus ... re-aerated #Clinical #Radiology ... #Total #Lung #Collapse ... MucousPlugging #RadiologyAssistant