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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... Interstitial - ... Reticular interstitial ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
and other non-pulmonary ... between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia (OP ... this is nodular interstitial ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... Lymphocytic or lymphoid interstitial ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... /- High res CT chest
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial ... Hemorrhage, Edema • Consolidation ... Honeycombing: Idiopathic Pulmonary ... HiRes #HighRes #Chest
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... opacities, Unilateral consolidation ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Lobar consolidation ... spread of MTB infection ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... clinical #radiology #CXR
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
allopurinol), Infection ... , C3, C4, anti-CCP ... • CXR (diffuse ... high resolution chest ... DAH, rule out infection
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... and Management ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... COPD, asthma, CF ... #Diagnosis #Management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Physical stigmata of cor ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... high-resolution chest ... Laboratory: • ANA, RF, CCP
Previous normal chest x-ray (left) and CHF stage II with perihilar haze (right). On the left
Previous normal chest ... x-ray (left) and CHF ... diameter of the pulmonary ... the accentuated interstitium ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR