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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Look for other signs ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... of CXR congestion ... #management #cardiology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Cathepsin G release → vascular ... common • Imaging: CXR ... : >3 symptoms, or ... initiation • Differential ... #management #hematology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Diagnosis: • Rheumatic ... Endocarditis Diagnosis ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... #management #cardiology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
fasciculations Common Symptoms ... : months - Criteria ... : El Escorial criteria ... conditions listed in differential ... #management
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
and Management ... duodenum Clinical Signs ... /Symptoms: • Classic ... • Should be on differential ... #vascular
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Behcet disease) Differential ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
ingestion • B symptoms ... lymph node biopsy (diagnostic ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... through Ann Arbor criteria ... hematology #oncology #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Criteria: • Sensory ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms ... #management #neurology ... #differential
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
diagnosis in this ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Histiocytosis #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant