Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 β€’ Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Diagnosis β€’ ... Pneumomediastinum, Pericardial effusion ... β€’ CXR rotation ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Point on POCUS ... Lung-Cardiac Point ... lungdiaphragam #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #mimics
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Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Possible bilateral effusion ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #differential # ... diagnosis #signs ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... have an acute cardiac ... , may have non-cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 β€’ Dysrhythmia
 β€’ Ischemia
 β€’ Cardiomyopathy
 β€’ Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac: β€’ Dysrhythmia ... β€’ Interstitial lung ... Pleura: β€’ Pleural effusion
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
involvement, with β€œwhite lung ... structures help in the differential ... diagnosis of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 β€’ Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Parapneumonic effusion ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT ... #radiology
Batwing
A bilateral perihilar distribution of consolidation is also called a Batwing distribution.
The sparing of the periphery
periphery of the lung ... most typical of pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Batwing # ... Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... is interstitial lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 β€’ Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 β€’
Pattern - Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... #differential # ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical