Buzzwords Flashcards
Stony dull to percuss implies?
Pleural effusion
What is right sided pleuritic chest pain most likely to be?
Pneumonia
Ground glass appearance on an X-ray would imply?
Pulmonary fibrosis and respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn
What does a Ziehl-Neelsen stain that is positive for acid fast bacilli hint?
TB
What would cause caseous necrosis?
TB
What is an apical lesion called?
Assmann Focus
What is miliary TB categarised by?
Spreading of the organism into the blood stream
What is Goodpasture’s syndrome also known as?
Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease.
What is Goodpasture’s syndrome?
A rare autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack the basement membrane in lungs and kidneys, leading to bleeding from the lungs and kidney failure.
What bacteria could a chest infection be due to when there is a pet bird?
Chlamydophila psittaci
What could signal sarcoidosis?
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy Erythema nodosum Granulomas Fatigue Uveitis Weigth loss
If a patient had bronchiectasis what would you see on a CT scan?
A bronchiole wider than the neighbouring arteriole (signet ring sign)
What would a D sign on an X-ray hint at?
Empyema
What would a child with a barking cough have?
Croup
tall thin man who indulges in marijuana?
pneumothorax (Marfans)
morning headache?
hypercapnia
ACTH secreting lung tumour
SCLC
PTH secreting lung tumour
SSC of lung
increased serum ACE and Ca2+?
sarcoidosis
eggshell calcification
silicosis
Ghon focus
area of infection and caseous necrosis at periphery of the lung beneath the pleura (found in TB)
