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Typical UIP with honeycombing and traction bronchiectasis in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) #Clinical
honeycombing and traction ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #UIP #IPF #ILD
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Cardiovascular Causes ... • Parenchyma: ILD ... syndrome Other Causes ... of Dyspnea: • Chest ... Obesity - Flail chest
Chronic Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory, Infectious: Recurrent C. diff, Giardiasis
 • Inflammatory, Non-infectious: IBD, Ischemia,
Non-infectious: IBD ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #gastroenterology
Causes of acute intestinal obstruction:
-Adhesive disease
-Neoplasm 
-Herniation
-IBD
-Volvulus 
-Other

#Clinical #IntestinalObstruction #Differential #Surgery #Gastroenterology
Causes of acute ... -Herniation -IBD ... Differential #Surgery #Gastroenterology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Pleural Thickening/Masses ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Interstitium • ILD ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
On the left two cases of NSIP.
Note the varying combination of GGO and fibrosis (traction bronchiectasis),
On the left two cases ... and fibrosis (traction ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... NonspecificInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
Massive Fibrosis on Chest ... pneumoconiosis which is caused ... progressive cicatricial retraction ... benign, upper lobe masses ... Massive #Fibrosis #Chest
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
immunocompromised, IBD ... Few infectious causes ... Indications #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
- Pain (back, chest ... depending on the cause ... Spondyloarthritis, IBD ... #Differential #Causes
HRCT findings in UIP
Honeycombing consisting of multilayered thick-walled cysts.
Architectural distortion with traction bronchiectasis due to fibrosis.
Predominance
distortion with traction ... Mild mediastinal ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... #Pneumonitis #ILD