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It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
between acute consolidation ... In chronic disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... disease, that is ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... failure, COPD, Lung ... /- High res CT chest ... Diseases Fellows ... #workup #diagnosis
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... disease comes from ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Diagnosis Pulmonary ... /Chest Wall: • ... Neuromuscular disease ... Glycogen storage disease ... Mitochondrial disease
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Periodontal disease ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : Pleuritic chest ... level seen • Chest ... treatment until the chest
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Diseases - STAR ... a rigid chest cage ... Pulmonary Diseases ... fuller’s earth disease ... #diseases #differential
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... Tuberculosis Whipple disease ... esophageal perforation. chest ... injury Blunt chest ... Collagen vascular disease
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Connective tissue diseases ... disease Complications ... high-resolution chest ... #differential #