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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
, anti-GBM ab, ANA ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... high resolution chest ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... #differential #
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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- Mycobacterium ... Endemic fungi: Histo ... #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... 200: CMV, HSV Mycobacterial ... /- High res CT chest ... Cryptococcal Ag, Urine Histo ... Diseases Fellows
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... high-resolution chest ... Nontuberculous mycobacteria ... #differential #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
: • Syndrome of ... History of immunosuppressive ... Disease: Clinical ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... #differential #
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... interstitial lung disease ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... Other tests: • CT chest ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... #differential #
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Epidemiology: • M=F • Median ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... 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
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
serial dilution ... likely it will be clinically ... Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Infection ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential