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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... bronchial wall injury ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #differential #diagnosis
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Sarcoidosis • Bronchiectasis ... #CT #Patterns # ... Differential #Diagnosis
Signet Ring Sign on Chest CT
 • Prominently dilated airway compared to its accompanying pulm vessel.
Signet Ring Sign on Chest ... CT • Prominently ... • DDx: Bronchiectasis ... Signet #Ring #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... Other tests: • CT ... chest to evaluate ... of PRS: Biopsy ... CT
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... imaging, nonsurgical biopsy ... transthoracic needle biopsy ... transthoracic needle biopsy ... 70% to 90% for a diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... high resolution chest ... CT • Bronchoscopy ... out infection, biopsy ... #differential #diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... diffuse inhalational injury ... Differential Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... CXR #clinical #CT
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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- Differential Diagnosis ... pneumonia, • Bronchiectasis ... Broncholithiasis Diagnosis ... CT • Bronchoscopy ... - Diagnostic and
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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Track Sign on Chest ... CT • Parallel, ... Cylindrical or traction bronchiectasis ... #Track #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Serum Copper • Chest ... (diagnostic for ... variants) - LN biopsy ... Routine bone marrow biopsy ... Hodgkins #lymphoma #diagnosis