Bilateral Opaque Hemithorax Dharshan Vummidi, MD Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pulmonary Edema Community Acquired Pneumonia Pleural Effusion Less Common Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Drug Reaction Acute Interstitial Pneumonia…
Tracheal Dilatation Jud W. Gurney, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Upper Lobe Fibrosis Sarcoidosis Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Chronic Ankylosing Spondylitis Overdistension Endotracheal Balloon Saber-Sheath Trachea Less Common Tracheobronchomegaly Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome Ehlers-Danlos…
Large Lung Volumes Dharshan Vummidi, MD Eric J. Stern, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pulmonary Emphysema Asthma Constrictive Bronchiolitis Less Common Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Key Differential Diagnosis…
Small Lung Volumes Dharshan Vummidi, MD Eric J. Stern, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Lung Fibrosis Pleural Disease Lobectomy Skeletal Deformities Ascites Less Common Neuromuscular Disorders Rare but Important Pulmonary Hypoplasia…
Bilateral Hyperlucent Hemithorax Dharshan Vummidi, MD Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Centrilobular Emphysema Panlobular Emphysema Bronchiectasis Bronchiolitis Less Common Constrictive Bronchiolitis Asthma Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Lymphangiomyomatosis Rare…
Unilateral Hyperlucent Hemithorax Dharshan Vummidi, MD Eric J. Stern, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Pneumothorax Mastectomy Prior Surgery Bronchial Obstruction Less Common Swyer-James Syndrome Bronchial Atresia Congenital Lobar Emphysema ESSENTIAL INFORMATION…
