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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 ... #Radiology #differential ... CXR #clinical #CT
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... high resolution chest ... CT • Bronchoscopy ... out infection, biopsy ... Renal #Syndrome #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... Diagnosis of PRS: Biopsy ... CT ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Serum Copper • Chest ... Excisional lymph node biopsy ... variants) - LN biopsy ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... Routine bone marrow biopsy
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... Loss of weight • Chest ... high-resolution chest ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
tomography of the chest ... The biopsy specimens ... LAM #radiology #CT ... #wedge #biopsy ... #NEJM
Hemothorax after Thoracentesis - Unfortunately, hemothorax developed shortly after the procedure (Panel B). Computed tomography and
angiography of the chest ... iatrogenic arterial injury ... successfully with chest-tube ... Hemothorax #CXR #CT ... Thoracentesis #NEJM
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Dyspnea, • Chest ... Imaging, high res CT ... washings, Lung biopsy ... NTM #Infections #differential
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
A chest radiograph ... tomography of the chest ... bronchoscopy and biopsy ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT #
Subglottic stenoses (SGS) during systemic diseases
Subglottic stenosis (SGS) = congenital (children) or acquired (adult) characterized by
salivary gland biopsy ... • Cervical and chest ... CT • Bronchial ... biopsies +++ • PET-CT ... systemic #diseases #differential