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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
the left heart border ... Sterptococcus pneumoniae ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... acute reticular pattern ... PCP Mycoplasma pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Cells - tumor ... to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Representative X-ray appearance of a primary malignant bone tumor - Ewings Sarcoma
 • "Interrupted periosteal reaction
malignant bone tumor ... between bone and tumor ... around the bone tumor ... Ewings #Sarcoma #Radiology ... #Clinical #Labeled
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
High Attenuation pattern ... Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... consolidation #Clinical ... #Radiology #HRCT ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
on the left in order ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
High Attenuation pattern ... Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HighAttenuation #Pattern ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT Patterns ... Edema, Hemorrhage, Pneumonia ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonia ... Blood, Water, Tumor ... Diagnosis #pulmonary #radiology
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... cells (including tumor ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
specific as in the former ... also organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant