Sandbox: Bronchiolitis DD
Diseases | Symptoms | Signs | Diagosis | |
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Lab tests | Imaging | |||
Bronchiolitis |
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No specific imaging findings. | ||
Asthma |
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CT scan shows dilated bronchi, bronchial wall thickening and air trapping.[1] | ||
COPD | ||||
Bacterial pneumonia | ||||
Pulmonary embolism | ||||
Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia | ||||
Influenza | ||||
Common cold | ||||
Tuberculosis | ||||
Interstitial pneumonitis (Hamman - Rich syndrome) | ||||
Foreign body aspiration | ||||
Sarcoidosis | ||||
Pertussis |
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No remarkable imaging findings. |
Differential diagnosis of bronchiolitis: Asthma, COPD, sarcoidosis, pneumonia, heart failure, DIPNECH, foreign body inhalation, pulmonary embolism and GERD (in case it is associated with asthma).
- ↑ Park CS, Müller NL, Worthy SA, Kim JS, Awadh N, Fitzgerald M (1997) Airway obstruction in asthmatic and healthy individuals: inspiratory and expiratory thin-section CT findings. Radiology 203 (2):361-7. PMID: 9114089