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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... • Chronic ... Lung Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... - Lung neoplasms ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... Clindamycin in case ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
caused by a rigid chest ... cage may result ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
(PRS) are life-threatening ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... sparing of the lung ... #differential # ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
called lung masses ... associated with lung ... The treatment of ... comorbidities, such as chronic ... a diagnosis of lung
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
of these terms are ... we describe a chest ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... Chronic diseases ... respond to the treatment ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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opacities are scattered ... throughout the lungs ... inhalational injury Differential ... #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary