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…
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…
Contrast-Enhancing Mass, Mediastinum or Hilum Jud W. Gurney, MD, FACR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Aneurysm Goiter Less Common Varices Tuberculosis Castleman Disease Parathyroid Adenoma Acute Mediastinitis Kaposi Sarcoma Hemangioma Metastases Thymic…
Conglomerate Mass (Progressive Massive Fibrosis) Jeffrey P. Kanne, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Sarcoidosis Radiation-Induced Lung Disease Less Common Silicosis/Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage Rare but Important Lipoid Pneumonia Pulmonary…
