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Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
Lung Abscess Microbiology ... production • Night ... sweats, weight ... meropenem) #Lung ... Pulmonary #Clinical #CXR
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Flags: • Fever, night ... infection) • Weight ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... History of cancer, lung
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
density in the right ... The right hilus ... loss or long standing ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
anteriorly in the left lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
On the right side ... the chest the lung ... inferior part of the lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... reticular, nodular, high ... is interstitial lung ... On a CXR the most ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
There is a lung ... with a cystic lung ... LAM is a rare lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #RadiologyAssistant
Cicacitration atelectasis
Atelectasis can be the result of fibrosis of lungtissue.
This is seen after radiotherapy and in
density of the lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Radiation #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
left higher than right ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... Unilateral #Bilateral #RadiologyAssistant
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung ... From left to right ... Histiocytosis #RadiologyAssistant