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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Lobar consolidation ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... interstitial opacities ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR
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 ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #RUL #Lobar #Pneumonia
First study the CXR.
Notice the subtle increased density in the area behind the heart that needs
Notice the subtle ... This was a lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #LLL #Pneumonia ... #Subtle #SilhouetteSign
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
First study the CXRs.
There is a subtle consolidation in the left lower lobe in the hidden
There is a subtle ... consolidation in ... the left lower lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... Organizing pneumonia ... this is nodular interstitial ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lobar #Consolidation
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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bilateral perihilar consolidation ... heart size - subtle ... interstitial markings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #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 ... a consolidated lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #LLL #Lobar #Pneumonia
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
the right lower lobe ... with multifocal consolidations ... diagnosis of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Based on the CXR that you just saw, you could have made the diagnosis of congestive
findings are very subtle ... There are subtle ... border of the lower lobes ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #InterstitialEdema