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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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histiocytosis) - Bronchiectasis ... Honeycombing Most diseases ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... LowAttenuation #Differential ... #Diagram #Comparison
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diffuse Lung Disease ... • Acute Respiratory ... Infection ... • Bronchiectasis
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
between acute consolidation ... - Lung neoplasms ... - Chronic post-infection ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #RadiologyAssistant
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
in 24h Airway disease ... • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis ... Parenchyma: • Infection ... regurgitation, Tricuspid endocarditis ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... Diagnoses Medical ... History: • Skin ... relapsing fever, acute ... , Lassa fever, acute
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Illnesses: • Pulmonary ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... complicate MAC pulmonary ... History of immunosuppressive ... #differential #
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
DiseasesAcute ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Pulmonary ... • Interstitial lung ... , SLE • Pulmonary ... RA - SLE • Bronchiectasis ... #joint #pain #differential
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... verrucous) • Lung ... Culture (+): Acute ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Also known as: Lung ... Epidemiology: • M=F • Median ... pneumonia, • Bronchiectasis ... Tracheobronchial Diseases