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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
injury → mucous stasis ... Loss of weight • Chest ... no evidence of cystic ... Nasal polyps and signs ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
This is late stage ... the central dot sign ... The upper lobe predominance ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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should be based on clinical ... Inferomedial temporal lobes ... altered mental status ... enhancement on CT ... "punched-out" cystic
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
be graded into stages ... features on the chest ... In daily clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
of right middle lobe ... massiliense in CF ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Lung Disease: • Clinical ... Imaging, high res CT
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
A chest radiograph ... biopsy confirmed a diagnosis ... evaluation indicated stage ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #