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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
allopurinol), Infection ... , anti-GBM ab, ANA ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... #differential #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... disease Complications ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... #pulmonary #differential
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... characteristic features Clinical ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... • CXR Tuberculosis ... • Check CXR and
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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hematogenous spread of a disease ... - Mycobacterium ... Endemic fungi: Histo ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Pulmonary fibrotic ... characteristic features Clinical ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... • CXR Tuberculosis ... • Check CXR and
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... 200: CMV, HSV Mycobacterial ... Cryptococcal Ag, Urine Histo ... Diseases Fellows ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... : • Syndrome of ... History of immunosuppressive ... Disease: Clinical ... #differential #
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Asthma/COPD, Viral infections ... , Bronchiectasis ... plug, Carcinoid syndrome ... , Parasitic Disease ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Epidemiology: • M=F • Median ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... pneumonia, • Bronchiectasis ... Causes: • Mycobacterium ... Tracheobronchial Diseases
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... left multiple diseases ... Cardiogenic pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Comparison #Table