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Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
adjacent to the right atrium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... RLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
Atelectasis - collapse ... in volume loss and ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
As the title suggests ... opposite #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
There is a right lower lobe atelectasis.
Notice the abnormal right border of the heart.
The right interlobar
adjacent to the right atrium ... artery (red arrow) and ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RLL #Lobar ... #Resolution #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
multiple ill-defined ... can suggest the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
the differential diagnosis ... Biopsy revealed the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
the differential diagnosis ... proteinaceous material ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
atelectasis or lobar collaps ... a chest x-ray and ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Collapse ... Patterns #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Here we have a patient with atelectasis of the right upper lobe as a result of
right upper lobe as ... pulmonary artery as ... arrow) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #RUL #Collapse ... Tracheal #Deviation #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... usually multiple ill-defined ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant