Dilated Stomach Michael Nasser, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Aerophagia Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis Midgut Volvulus Less Common Duodenal Hematoma Duodenal Atresia or Stenosis Bezoar Ileus Rare but Important Gastric Volvulus Gastrointestinal…
Lucent Lung Mass Daniel J. Podberesky, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation Congenital Lobar Emphysema Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Pneumatocele Pulmonary Abscess Less Common Lung Contusion and Laceration Loculated Pneumothorax…
Neonatal Chest Mass Daniel J. Podberesky, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation Pulmonary Sequestration Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Congenital Lobar Emphysema Less Common Thoracic Neuroblastoma Foregut Duplication Cyst Rare but…
Pneumatosis Eva Ilse Rubio, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Necrotizing Enterocolitis Neutropenic Colitis Less Common Steroid Use Rotavirus, Other Infection High Intrathoracic Pressures Asthma Cystic Fibrosis, Lung High Ventilator Pressures Post-Surgery/Post-Endoscopy…
Pneumomediastinum Daniel J. Podberesky, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Asthma Straining against Closed Glottis Aspiration Blunt Chest Trauma Iatrogenic Surfactant Deficiency Disease Pulmonary Interstitial Emphysema Less Common Infection Extension of Pneumoperitoneum…
Inspiratory Stridor Bernadette L. Koch, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Croup Foreign Body, Esophagus Exudative Tracheitis Subglottic Hemangioma Less Common Innominate Artery Compression Syndrome Congenital Tracheal Stenosis Iatrogenic Tracheal Stenosis Rare…
Dilated Aorta Alexander J. Towbin, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Marfan Syndrome Turner Syndrome Aortic Stenosis Less Common Takayasu Arteritis Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Rare but Important Trauma Loeys-Dietz…
Unilateral Hyperlucent Lung Daniel J. Podberesky, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Endobronchial Obstruction/Foreign Body Asthma Pneumothorax Less Common Swyer-James Syndrome Extrinsic Airway Compression by Mass Lesion Vascular Ring/Sling Scimitar Syndrome Bulla…
Heterotaxia Syndromes Eva Ilse Rubio, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Total Situs Inversus Less Common Left-Sided Isomerism Right-Sided Isomerism ESSENTIAL INFORMATION Helpful Clues for Common Diagnoses Total Situs Inversus All nonsymmetric…
Massive Cardiomegaly Eva Ilse Rubio, MD DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Common Ebstein Anomaly Infectious Cardiomyopathy Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy Pericardial Effusion Less Common High Output Failure Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Atrioventricular Septal Defect (AVSD)…
