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Lung Segment Anatomy Annotated on Chest CT
Right Lung:
 • Upper Lobe: Apical, Posterior, Anterior
 • Middle
Lung Segment Anatomy ... Lobe: Apical, Posterior ... Anterior, Lateral, Posterior ... #CT #CTChest #pulmonary ... clinical #radiology #Anatomy
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... arteries, Venous ... or arterial great ... Middle mediastinal, Posterior ... Mediastinal #Widening #Differential
Posterior Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurofibroma
 • Neurosarcoma
 • Neuroblastoma
 • Ganglioneuroma
 • Meningocele
Posterior Mediastinal ... Mass - Differential ... @PulmPEEPs #Posterior ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology #chest
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
of Hypoxemia- Differential ... Arterial Hypertension ... Defect ** • Atrial ... Abnormalities • Chest ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential
Etiologies of pulmonary infections according to CT-scan patterns. 
CMV cytomegalovirus, GM galactomannan, HSV herpes simplex virus,
Etiologies of pulmonary ... MICRONODULES - Bacterial ... #CT #Patterns #Pulmonary ... ComputedTomography #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Chest
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Weakness, Loss of Chest ... Elasticity (flail chest ... Left Shunt - Anatomic ... Gradient #alveolar #arterial ... #hypoxemia #differential
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Arrhythmia • Atrial ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Vessels • Pulmonary ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
On a chest film ... blood from the pulmonary ... atrium. - Left atrial ... just below the pulmonary ... #Anatomy #Radiology
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... into the aorta or pulmonary ... Noninfectious Causes: • Pulmonary ... Broncholithiasis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
The azygoesophageal recess is the region inferior to the level of the azygos vein arch in
vertebral column posteriorly ... Esophageal disease Left atrial ... cyst #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CTChest