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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
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
Connective tissue disease-associated ... interstitial lung ... diseases LIP ... connective tissue disease ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
likely to cause pulmonary ... with underlying lung ... disease. 15% mortality ... as disseminated disease ... #infectiousdiseases
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
Chronic Obstructive Lung ... Disease; mMRC: ... modified Medical ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Comparison #Staging
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Diseases - STAR ... Pulmonary Diseases ... disease, kaolinosis ... fuller’s earth disease ... #diseases #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Peripheral edema, Disease-specific ... vasculitis, Behcet disease ... Goodpasture's Disease ... dysmorphic RBCs) • Disease-specific ... high resolution chest
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
disease, volume ... disease ... History of immunosuppressive ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
In chronic disease ... - Lung neoplasms ... diseases like organizing ... a rare chronic disease ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
positive Family History ... Cyanosis without Pulmonary ... Disease • Cyanotic ... Heart Disease ... Disease #Polycythemia
Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Disease Diagnosis ... rural → Geographic disease ... Hepatitis C, HIV • Medical ... HPI #Interview #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #differential