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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Stable Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Distention Pulmonary Alveoli ... Interstitium • ILD ... • CHF • Sarcoidosis
Alveolar proteinosis is a rare disease characterized by filling of the alveolar spaces with PAS positive
Alveolar proteinosis ... is a rare disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AlveolarProteinosis ... #CrazyPaving #RadiologyAssistant
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
characterized by diffuse alveolar ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
transudate like in CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... comparison with old ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
centrilobular emphysema. - Alveolar ... fibrotic changes are ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis or LIP is uncommon, being seen mainly in patients with autoimmune disease, particularly
gren's syndrome, ... with Sjogren's syndrome ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #LymphocyticInterstitialPneumonitis ... #LIP #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with both septal thickening and ground glass opacity in a patchy
be specific for alveolar ... respiratory distress syndrome ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #SeptalThickening ... #Proteinosis #RadiologyAssistant
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... (GBS) Acute autoimmune ... transplantation CLINICAL ... can vary from mild ... the intensive care
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
bleeding into the alveoli ... Here we see an old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant