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Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing ... - Differential ... Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... • Teratoma • Mediastinal ... Fibrosis Wheeze With Feeding
Posterior Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurofibroma
 • Neurosarcoma
 • Neuroblastoma
 • Ganglioneuroma
 • Meningocele
Posterior Mediastinal ... Mass - Differential ... #Mediastinal #Mass ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential ... anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary ... , Posterior mediastinal ... #Widening #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... of Wheezing • ... , Mucus plugs, Mediastinal ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes #pulmonary
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
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- Differential ... Vascular Mases Posterior ... #Mass #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... anterior #middle #posterior
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... • Posterior Mediastinum ... common cause of posterior ... lymph nodes) • Wheezing ... #Mass #Differential
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
the Diagnosis of Wheezing ... Compression: Malignancy, Mediastinal ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... diagnosis #algorithm #pulmonary
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Wheezing - Differential ... narrowed airway walls leading ... Extrinsic Compression: Mediastinal ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... adjacent calcified mediastinal ... Calcification of mediastinal ... Chest pain • Wheezing ... Broncholithiasis #Differential
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
inflammatory response leading ... • Wheezing • Increased ... the airways • Fleeting ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management