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Cutaneous and Systemic Findings in Dermatomyositis
Cutaneous Findings:
 - Heliotrope sign and edema
 - Nail-fold changes
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and edema - Nail-fold ... be tender) - Interstitial ... lung disease ... tract - Cardiac disease ... Dermatomyositis #Diagnosis
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
, ARDS, interstitial ... lung disease, interstitial ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose ... Pulm Edema
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
spaces with pus, edema ... Thickening of the interstitium ... lung disease (i.e ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Sarcoidosis
Stage 1 - Bilateral LAD without involvement of lung parenchyma
Stage 2 - Bilateral LAD with involvement
LAD and diffuse interstitial ... lung disease with ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis ... Stages #Staging #Signs ... #Symptoms #Summary
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
also demonstrate signs ... septal lines due to interstitial ... dependent part of the lungs ... the differential diagnostic ... #Septal #RadiologyAssistant
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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and Symptoms: ... Pulmonary: ILD (interstitial ... lung disease), ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... coronary artery disease
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
friction rub audible Lungs ... tends to cause interstitial ... lung disease/pulmonary ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
Thickening of the lung ... lung disease, it ... pulmonary edema ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... the pulmonary interstitium ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms