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High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... - Differential Diagnosis ... #CT #Patterns # ... Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #radiology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
leading to increased pulmonary ... edema must be present ... be detected on CT ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
CT • Patent airways ... DDx: pna, pulm edema ... Bronchogram #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
edema must be present ... computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Crazy Paving on Chest CT
 • Thickened interlobular septa in a background of diffuse GGO's.
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CT • Thickened ... DDx: PAP, pulm edema ... #Paving #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
CT • Juxtaposition ... attenuation • DDx: sub-acute ... #Cheese #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
embolism, Pulm edema ... failure, COPD, Lung ... CXR +/- High res CT ... chest scan), CBC ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
tolerance, and ankle ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... #management #cardiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
caused by a rigid chest ... edema in acute ... edema • Metabolic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... edema - filling ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR