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Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
Smoking related diseases ... bronchiolitis (RB-ILD ... Pulmonary edema #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Upper #Lower #RadiologyAssistant
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
12 weeks): • Mild ... • Treatment: ... PCR not useful for ... clinical evidence of cardiac ... clinical evidence of cardiac
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... respond to the treatment ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
More than 100 entities manifest as diffuse lung disease.
Fortunately only about 10 of these account for
as diffuse lung disease ... all diffuse lung diseases ... some of them the old ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Mnemonic #HRCT #RadiologyAssistant
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid, Wild ... #differential #cardiology
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis ... - 45-55 years old ... Treatment: 1. ... cefotaxime or PCN ... #treatment
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... bronchiolitis: ill ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... Syndrome • Prader-Willi ... • Cushing's Disease ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... Celiac, IBD) •
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
interstitial lung disease ... bronchiolitis, PCP ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
not represent 'diseases ... These diseases have ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant