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High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Patterns - Differential ... Low Attenuation Nodular ... HiRes #HighRes #Chest ... #pulmonary #radiology
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
ID_fellows #HIVAIDS ... #pulmonary #diseases ... #differential # ... diagnosis #chestCT ... #radiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... infiltrates) → high ... resolution chest ... CT • Bronchoscopy ... Renal #Syndrome #differential
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... , high and low attenuation ... On a Chest X-Ray ... detected on a chest ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... CXR #clinical #CT
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Imaging (CXR +/- High ... res CT chest scan ... Infectious Diseases ... #Infections #HIVAIDS ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... , in advanced disease ... Diagnosis: • HRCT (high-resolution ... chest CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #differential #
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... oxygen level and high ... in fact this is nodular ... interstitial lung disease
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
an autoimmune disease ... should undergo chest ... CT to screen for ... Symptomatic treatment Of ocular ... exacerbation at high
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... • CT: Halo sign ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... breath, Fatigue, Chest ... Pneumonia: • Chest