Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching ... was admitted for pneumonia ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #clinical ... pulmonary #respiratory
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 β€’ Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... Inhomogeneous patchy nodular ... Loculated effusion or empyema ... #chest #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... was admitted for pneumonia ... β€œescapes” the pleura ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #pulmonary
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Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 β€’ Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
avium complex β€’ Nodular ... Castleman's disease β€’ Pleural ... Parapneumonic effusion; empyema ... Pyogenic bacterial pneumonia ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Unilateral pleural calcifications are usually due to:
- infection (TB)
- empyema
- hemorrhagic #Clinical #Radiology #CXR #Pleural #Plaques
Unilateral pleural ... infection (TB) - empyema ... - hemorrhagic #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Calcifications #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
Algorithm for nodular ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... NodularPattern #Nodular ... Differential #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural ... Centrilobular emphysema ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
Nodular pattern ... the area next to pleura ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HRCT #CTChest #Nodular ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Aspiration of Purulent Fluid during Thoracentesis

Pus aspiration from an empyema, which defined as pus in the
as pus in the pleural ... complication of pneumonia ... #Empyema #Aspiration ... Thoracentesis #clinical ... physicalexam #pediatrics #pulmonary
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Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... hides - Loculated Pleural ... Lung #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Clinical #Pulmonary ... #Loculated #Pleural
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