Interstitial Pattern, Hyperinflation Christopher M. Walker, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Emphysema with Superimposed Process Asthma Viral or Atypical Pneumonia Less Common Cystic Fibrosis (Mimic) Sarcoidosis Rare but Important Lymphangiomyomatosis Pulmonary…
Pericardial Calcification Gregory Kicska, MD, PhD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Prior Pericarditis Less Common Prior Hemopericardium Rare but Important Prior Radiation ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Key Differential Diagnosis Issues Any cause of chronic…
Lymphadenopathy, Hilum Toms Franquet, MD, PhD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Bronchogenic Carcinoma Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Hodgkin Lymphoma Metastasis Primary Tuberculosis Fungal Infection Sarcoidosis Chronic Heart Failure Less Common Viral Infection Nontuberculous…
Unilateral Hilar Mass Christopher M. Walker, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Bronchogenic Carcinoma Lymphadenopathy Associated with Infections Less Common Lymphadenopathy Secondary to Metastatic Disease Lymphoma Rare but Important Sarcoidosis Pulmonary Artery…
Eggshell Calcification, Hilum Robert B. Carr, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Silicosis Less Common Sarcoidosis Treated Lymphoma Rare but Important Fungal Infection Scleroderma Amyloidosis ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Key Differential Diagnosis Issues Eggshell…
Soft Tissue Calcifications Robert B. Carr, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Dystrophic Calcification Less Common Metastatic Calcification Chondrocalcinosis Rare but Important Tumoral Calcinosis Neoplasm ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Key Differential Diagnosis Issues Includes…
Elevated Hemidiaphragm Sudhakar Pipavath, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Normal Variant Phrenic Nerve Paralysis or Injury Eventration of Diaphragm Diaphragmatic Weakness Lobectomy or Pneumonectomy Lobar Collapse Less Common Subpulmonic Effusion Hepatomegaly…
Split Pleura Sign Toms Franquet, MD, PhD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Empyema Sterile Reactive Collection Malignant Effusion Less Common Hemothorax Postsurgical Pleurodesis Rare but Important Chronic Tuberculous Pleuritis ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Key…
Pulmonary Cutaneous Syndromes Eric J. Stern, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Infections Tuberculosis, Coccidioidomycosis, Histoplasmosis, Aspergillosis, Zygomycoses, Herpes Zoster Superior Vena Cava Syndrome Less Common Wegener Granulomatosis Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy Fat Embolism…
Peribronchial Interstitial Thickening Jud W. Gurney, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Acute and Chronic Bronchitis Asthma Aspiration Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema Bronchiectasis Sarcoidosis Cystic Fibrosis Less Common Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Langerhans…
