Resp buzzwords Flashcards
Stony dull to percuss
Pleural effusion
Right sided pleuritic chest pain
Most likely pneumonia
Alveolar bat’s wings, Kerley B lines, cardiomegaly, dilated prominent upper lobe vessels Pleural effusion
Pleural Oedema
Ground-glass appearance on X-ray
Pulmonary fibrosis and Respiratory Distress Syndrome of the newborn
Ziehl-Neelsen stain positive for acid fast bacilli
TB
Caseous necrosis
TB
Apical diseases
Most likely (secondary) TB; apical lesion called Assmann focus
Spread of organism into bloodstream. If organism spread via pulmonary artery, miliary dissemination into the lung occurs. If organism spread via pulmonary vein, there is systemic dissemination to the liver, spleen, and kidneys.
Miliary Tuberculous
Positive anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies
Goodpasture’s syndrome
Chest infection with a parrot/pigeon as pet
chlamydophila psittaci
Dry cough and diarrhoea after holiday abroad, some indication of water spread
Legionella pneumophila -> test urine for the antigen
“Tall, thin young man who indulges in marijuana” / smoker
pneumothorax (Marfan’s)
Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, erythema nodosum, granulomas, fatigue, uveitis and weight loss
Sarcoidosis
Bronchiole wider than neighbouring arteriole (on CT) (signet ring sign)
Bronchiectasis
“D sign on X ray”
Empyema
Child with barking cough
laryngotracheobronchitis/croup
HIV (treat with Co-tramoxazole [± prednisolone if severe])
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Asthma + Nasal Polyps + Salicylate sensitivity
Samter’s Triad
Alcoholic (danger of aspiration pneumonia)
Klebsiella pneumoniae
identification of Klebsiella Pneumoniae
Red Jelly sputum
identification of Chlamydia psittaci
Mucoid sputum
identification of Pneumococcal pneumonia
Rusty sputum
Cannonball metastases (also weight loss and haematuria)
primary renal cell carcinoma