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Horizontal reverberation artifacts - A-lines are visualized as hyperechoic, horizontal artifacts at regular intervals deep to
artifacts - A-lines ... to the pleural line ... field #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #ALines
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
B-lines are visualized ... erasing the A-line ... pattern #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #BLines
A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
#Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #Sagittal #Pneumonia
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... cause: Aspiration pneumonia ... • DM risk factor ... for Klebsiella pneumonia ... Clindamycin in case of PCN
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
SIow growing, Long ... through animal bites ... Meningitis (13%), Pneumonia ... specificity of PCR ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
Incidence: 4–5 cases per ... Birbeck granules (EM ... TREATMENT OPTIONS ... with appropriate treatment ... Histiocytosis #Diagnosis #Management