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Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... the right upper lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RUL #Lobar #Pneumonia ... #RadiologyAssistant
Left-Middle-Lobe Pneumonia - Radiography of the chest revealed a cardiac apex, aortic arch, and gastric bubble
Left-Middle-Lobe ... arch, and gastric bubble ... the body and a lobar ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Kartagener
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Lobar or focal ... For instance a lobar ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
First study the CXR ... This was a lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Pneumonia ... #RadiologyAssistant
First study the CXRs.
There is a subtle consolidation in the left lower lobe in the hidden
There is a subtle ... the left lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Consolidation - Lobar ... consolidation - Multifocal ill-defined ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Left lower lobe ... the opposite #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
Right upper lobe atelectasis
Findings:
1) triangular density
2) elevated right hilus
3) obliteration of the retrosternal clear space (arrow)
Right upper lobe ... space (arrow) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RUL #Lobar #Collapse ... #LungCancer #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
the right lower lobe ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
is in the lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #LLL #Lobar #Pneumonia ... #RadiologyAssistant