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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
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Lung Toxicity Summary ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... gradually with symptoms ... Improvement in symptoms ... #Induced #Lung
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Hallpike test (posterior ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free ... #differential #diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
matter vasogenic edema ... may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms ... • Vasogenic edema ... #management #neurology
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
septal lines due to interstitial ... dependent part of the lungs ... non-dependent part of the lung ... the differential diagnostic ... #Septal #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Long symptom-free ... Occlusion of posterior ... with significant neurologic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... oxygen • Causes: Interstitial ... pulmonary edema ... #Differential #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
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Pumonary cardiogenic edema ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... 10,000 ft) • Symptoms ... the pulmonary interstitium ... #differential #diagnosis