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Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: ... management Causes ... of localized -> diffuse ... #Differential #workup ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
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Algorithm for nodular ... pattern The algorithm ... the nodules are diffuse ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... #NodularPattern
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... on a chest x-ray ... consolidation - Diffuse ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Consolidation #Patterns
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Asthma • COPD • Bronchiectasis ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Interstitium • ILD ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... consolidation and GG pattern ... other processes Workup ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
the dominant HR-pattern ... lymphadenopathy, traction bronchiectasis ... Pulmonary #HRCT #CTChest ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... Goodpasture's cause ... capillaritis leading to diffuse ... hemorrhage (DAH) • Diffuse ... • IF staining patterns
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
characterized by diffuse ... The histologic pattern ... characteristics are diffuse ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Pleuritic chest ... • Patchy or diffuse ... opacities; traction bronchiectasis ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs