Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
according to Blue Protocol ... Differential Bilat ... : Pulmonary edema ... disease, interstitial ... diffuse infections
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Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Cystic Lung Disease ... Proteus Syndrome Diffuse ... nickmmark #Cystic #Lung ... #Disease #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... disease comes from ... disease and what ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 β€’ (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Idiopathic ... leaking out of pulmonary ... #Causes #Differential
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 β€’ Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 β€’
Miliary Pattern ... mm) nodules β€’ Diffusely ... throughout the lungs ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 β€’ Dysrhythmia
 β€’ Ischemia
 β€’ Cardiomyopathy
 β€’ Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... β€’ Interstitial lung ... #Causes
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 β€’ Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
appearances of pulmonary ... AIDS Patients β€’ Diffuse ... complex β€’ Nodular/Masses ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... #diseases #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Goodpasture's cause ... leading to diffuse ... sparing of the lung ... β€’ IF staining patterns
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 β€’ Congestive heart failure
 β€’ Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy β€’ Trapped lung ... #Hepatology #causes