Respiratory DDx Flashcards
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CXR: What is the finding and DDx?

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UPPER ZONE FIBROSIS:
DDx: CHARTSs
- Chronic Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis
- Histocytosis X (No volume Loss)
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Radiation
- TB
- Sarcoidosis
- 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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