Respiratory DDx Flashcards

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CXR: What is the finding and DDx?

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UPPER ZONE FIBROSIS:

DDx: CHARTSs

  1. Chronic Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
  2. Histocytosis X (No volume Loss)
  3. Ankylosing Spondylitis
  4. Radiation
  5. TB
  6. Sarcoidosis
  7. Silicosis
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DDx for Tree - in - Bud

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Tree in Bud Infective bronchiolitis:

INFECTIVE BRONCHIOLITIS

  • Mycobacterium: TB; Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC)
  • Viral pneunomia
  • Fungal pneumonia,
  • ABPA
  • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)

BRONCHIECTASIS

  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • ABPA
  • Immotile Cilia Syndrome (Kartagener Syndrome)

Rare: NEOPLASM:

  • Bronchioalveolar Carcinoma
  • Pulmonary lymphoma

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Aeitiology of bronchiectasis include ?

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