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solitary pulmonary noude

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  • Granuloma
  • Neoplasm- bronchogenic ca or solitary metastasis
  • Hamartoma
  • Arteriovenous malformation
  • Round pneumonia
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Multiple pulmonary nodules

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  • Carcinoma
    • Metastatic disease
  • Autoimmune
    • Wegeners
    • Rheumatoid
  • Vascular
    • AVM
    • Septic
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Cavitatory pulmonary nodule

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Thick walled

  1. Cancer
    • Squamous cell carcinoma - primary or metastatic
  2. Autoimmune
    1. Wegeners disease
      • Nasal
      • Haematuria
    2. Rheumatoid arthritis
      • Shoulders
  3. Vascular
    • Septic emboli
  4. Infection
    • Fungal disease
    • Pyogenic infection- Abscess
  5. Tuberculosis

Thin walled

  1. Pneumatocele
    1. ​Traumatic
    2. Staph
  2. Bulla- Infected
  3. Hydatid
  4. Brochogenic cyst
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Miliary pulmonary nodules

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  • Metastatic disease
  • Infection
    • Tuberculosis
    • Fungal disease
    • Healed Varicella
  • Pneumoconiosis
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Cystic lung disease

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  • -Emphysema
  • LAM
  • LCH
  • LIP
  • pneumocystis pneumonia
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Centrilobular pulonary nodules

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  • Infectious bronchiolitis ( MAC or TB)
  • HYpersensitivity pneumonitis
  • Endobroncial spread
  • RBILD
  • Pneumoconiosis
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Lower lobe insterstitial lung disease

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  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Drug toxicity- amiodarone, bleomycin
  • Asbestos related lung disease
  • Collagen vascular disease ( scleroderma)
  • Rheumatoid
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Upper lobe interstitial lung disease

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  • TB
  • Sarcoidosis
  • cystic fibrosis
  • pneumoconiosis
  • LCH
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Hyperlucent lung

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  • Chest wall ( Mastectomy, Polands)
  • Pneumothorax
  • Swyer james
  • Acute Asthma
  • Airway obstruction
  • Pulmonary embolism
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Anterior mediastinal mass

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  • Lymphoma
  • Thymic lesion
  • Thyroid lesion
  • Teratoma
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Middle mediastinal mass

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  • lymphandenopathy
  • Vascular abnormality ( Aortic or pulmonary artery)
  • Congenital cyst ( bronchogenic cyst)
  • hiatal hernia
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Posterior mediastinal mass

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  • Neurogenic tumour
  • lymphoma
  • developmental cyst ( neuroenteric cyst)
  • Extramedullary hamtopoiesis
  • Mediastinal haematoma
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  1. cryptogenic organising pneumonia
  2. alveolar proteinosis
  3. Brochioalveolar carcinoma
  4. chronice oesoinophilic penumonia
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Peripheral airspace

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  1. Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
  2. Eosinophilic pneumonia
  3. Pulmonary infarct
  4. Pulmonary contusion
  5. Sarcoidosis
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Ground glass opacification

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  1. Atypical infection
  2. Actue respiratory distress
  3. Alveolar proteinosis
  4. Pulmonary haemorrhage
  5. Pulmonary oedema
  6. vasculitis
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Hilar lymphadenopathy

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  1. Infection
  2. Lymphoma
  3. Sarcoidosis
  4. Metastatic
  5. Pneumoconiosis
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Calcified pleural disease

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  1. Asbestos
  2. fibrothorax
  3. pleurodesis
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Bronchiectasis

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  1. Infection
    1. Tb
    2. MAC
  2. Cystic fibrosis
  3. ABPA
  4. Obstruction
  5. ciliary dyskinesia
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Perilymphatic pulmonary nodule

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  1. Sarcoidosis
  2. Lymphangitis cacinomatosa
  3. pneumoconiosis
  4. lymphoproliferative disorder
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Pleural based mass

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  1. Metastasis- adenocarcinoma
  2. empyema
  3. meothelioma
  4. fibrous tumour
  5. fibrothorax
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HIV patient

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  1. pneumocystis penumonia
  2. tuberculosis
  3. fungal
  4. invasive aspergillosis
  5. kaposi
  6. lymphoma
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Abnormal left ventricular contour

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  1. True left ventricular aneurysm
  2. False left ventricular aneurysm
  3. Pericardial cyst/mass
  4. calcific pericarditis
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Cardiac mass

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  1. Thrombus
  2. Metastatic disease
  3. Benign cardiac neoplasm
    1. atrial myxoma
    2. rhabdomyoma
  4. Malignant cardiac neoplasm
    1. Carcoma
    2. lymphoma
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Delayed myocardial enhancement

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  1. Infarction/scar
  2. Myocarditis
  3. Cardiac mass
  4. Infiltrative
    1. Granulomatous
    2. Amyloidosis
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Carcia wall fat deposition
1. Lipoma 2. Lipomatous hypetrophy of interatrial septum 3. Arrhytmogenic right ventriculr dysplasia
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Bilateral air space opacification * Diffuse air space opacification * loss of silhouette sign * air bronchograms
1. Cardiogenic 2. Non-cardiogenic 1. Fluid overload 2. Cerebral disease 3. Mendelsons syndrome 4. Post thoracocentesis 5. Liver disease 6. TRALI 7. Drug induced 8. poisons 9. ARDS
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unilateral pulmonary oedema
1. On same side as abnormality 1. Prolonged lateral decubitus 2. Unilateral aspiration 3. Pul. contusion 4. Rapid thoracocentesis 5. broncial obstruction 6. shunts 2. On contralateral side of abnormality 1. Mcleod 2. Thromboembolism 3. Emphysema 4. lobectomy 5. pleural disease
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Calcified chest mets
1. Sarcoma 1. oesteosarcoma 2. chondrosarcoma 3. synovial 2. Mucinous mets 1. colon 2. ovary 3. breast 3. Thyroid 1. Medullary 4.
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centrilobular nodules
* bronchioles filled with pus or inflammatory exudate * pulmonary tuberculosis * aspiration bronchopneumonia * bronchiolitis: thickening of bronchiolar walls and bronchovascular bundle * cytomegalovirus pneumonitis * obliterative bronchiolitis * bronchiectasis with mucus plugging * cystic fibrosis * tumour emboli to centrilobular arteries * breast cancer * stomach cancer * bronchovascular interstitial infiltration * sarcoidosis * lymphoma * leukaemia
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Crazy paving
* **A**cute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) * **A**cute interstitial pneumonia: ARDS of unknown aetiology * **A**lveolar proteinosis (PAP): rare, but the great majority of patients with PAP demonstrate crazy paving * **P**cp
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Bilateral air space opacification
* _Unwell_ 1. Cardiogenic 2. Non-cardiogenic 1. **Infection** * PCP * Raised inflammatory markers 2. **Haemorrhage** * Hematuria 3. **Other**- 1. Neurological 2. Drugs 3. Altitude sickness 4. overload * _Well_ 1. Alveolar proteinosis 2. Cancer
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Bilateral Reticulonodular opacification
* **​****Chronic** * Lymphangitis * LCH * Sarcoidosis * Silicosis * **​****Acute** * Infection * PCP * Mycoplasma
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**Bilateral Reticular pattern** _NORMAL_ LUNG VOLUMES
* **Acute** 1. Infection- PCP 2. Heart failure * **Chronic** 1. Bronchiectasis 2. Cystic lung disease * LAM * LIP * LCH 3. Lymphangitis
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Unilateral reticular opacification | ( pulmonary oedema)
* **Unilateral** * Aspiration ( Unilateral) * Pulmonary oedema * Lymphangitis * Prolonged lie on one side * Rapid thoracocentesis * Contusion * lymphangitis * **Normal contralateral lung** * Lung transplant
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Mutliple caviting lesions
**Thin walled** 1. **Thick walled** 1. Cancer 2. Squamous cell carcinoma - primary or metastatic 3. Autoimmune 4. Wegeners disease 5. Nasal 6. Haematuria 7. Rheumatoid arthritis 8. Shoulders 9. Vascular 10. Septic emboli 11. Infection 12. Fungal disease 13. Pyogenic infection- Abscess 14. Tuberculosis
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Peripheral consolidation
**ACUTE** 1. **I**nfarct **CHRONIC** 1. **C**op 2. **C**hronic oesinophilic pnuemonia 3. **C**ontusion
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Unilateral hilar enlargement
* **Vascular** 1. Pul. artery aneurysm 2. Pul artery dilatation * **Nodal** 1. Hila mass 2. Lymphoma
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Pulmonary artery hypertension
1. **Pre load** * Eisenmenger * ASD, VSD, PDA- look for ASD closure * Pulmonary artery * **LEFT ARTERY ONLY** 2. **Pulmonary be**d * Chronic lung disease * Chronic P.E 3. **After load** (Left heart) 1. Mitral stenosis 2. Mitral regurg 4. **Chest wall**

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