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Solid pulmonary nodules can represent various etiologies:
- benign granulomas
- focal scar
- intrapulmonary lymph nodes
- primary malignancies
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nodules can represent ... Perifissural nodules ... #Pulmonary #Fleischner ... Guideline #Solid #Nodule ... PulmonaryNodule #Followup #RadiologyAssistant
Subsolid nodules
Most subsolid nodules are transient and the result of infection or hemorrhage.
However, persistent subsolid nodules
Subsolid nodules ... Most subsolid nodules ... persistent subsolid nodules ... #Pulmonary #Fleischner ... PulmonaryNodule #Followup #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
diseases with a nodular ... centrilobular nodules ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
opacities - Fine Nodular ... interstitial opacities Nodule ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
CT to rule out pulmonary ... edema. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SeptalThickening #CHF ... #RadiologyAssistant
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
Fleischner Society ... for follow-up of nodules ... mm depends on clinical ... Society #Followup #Pulmonary ... #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Pulmonary hemorrhage ... edema - filling ... in fact this is nodular ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung nodules ... cystic fibrosis (CF ... with asthma or CF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Risk factors
Defining high- or low-risk is currently more difficult than it was in the old guideline.
Previously
#Epidemiology #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Fleischner ... PulmonaryNodule #Nodule ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
edema: bilateral ... opposed to secondary lobules ... edema. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant