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The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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Honeycombing Most diseases ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #LowAttenuation ... #Differential # ... Diagram #Comparison
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... History: • Skin ... B, hepatitis C infection ... hepatitis B and C infection
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... allopurinol), Infection ... high resolution chest ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... DAH, rule out infection
Nodular pattern(2)
1. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic distribution, along fissures, adenopathy.
2. TB: Tree-in-bud appearance in a patient
bronchiolitis in infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Nodular #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Disease Diagnosis ... Herpesvirus B infection ... Hepatitis C, HIV • Medical ... #differential #
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - Differential ... sweats, chills (infection ... underlying lung disease ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... investigation • History
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... chronic heart disease ... infection, ARDS ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... spp, Atypical infection ... Cryptococcal Ag, Urine Histo ... Diseases Fellows ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
associated with infection ... • Tumor • Infection ... Sialadenitis (infection ... tumor Clues In History ... history • Smoking
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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hematogenous spread of a disease ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Endemic fungi: Histo ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical