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Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
pneumonia On the chest ... is in a normal position ... In the proper clinical ... This was an acute ... #Clinical #Radiology
Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula- An infant had an apneic episode at birth and received positive-pressure
birth and received positive-pressure ... had not revealed fetal ... fistula, type C, was diagnosed ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #esophageal
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... arteries) • Pregnancy ... significantly positive ... : • Acute Coronary ... #cardiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... considered, like acute ... between these chest ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
pulmonary apices caused ... by a rigid chest ... pulmonary edema in acute ... #differential #diagnosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... venous pressure, positive ... Chest x-ray: signs ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... #management #cardiology
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... It has a fatal outcome ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #
Large Hiatal Hernia - A chest radiograph showed a large air–liquid shadow in the inferior retrocardiac
Hiatal Hernia - A chest ... inferior retrocardiac position ... duodenum, which caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HiatalHernia #NEJM
Lung infarction
The radiographic features of acute pulmonary thromboembolism are insensitive and nonspecific.
The most common radiographic findings
radiographic features of acute ... Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis ... In most cases of ... pulmonary emboli the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• A form of acute ... Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... Rule out other causes ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology