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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
inflammation or tumor ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... GroundGlassOpacity #GroundGlass ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Subsolid nodules
Most subsolid nodules are transient and the result of infection or hemorrhage.
However, persistent subsolid nodules
malignant in 63%, pure groundglass ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... PulmonaryNodule #Followup #RadiologyAssistant
Osteoid osteomas are benign bone-forming tumours that typically occur in children (particularly adolescents). They have characteristic
osteoid #osteoma #tumor ... pediatrics #nidus #radiology ... #ortho
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
edema, blood or tumor ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
cells (including tumor ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
an obstructing tumor ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Here another case of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
There is a mosaic pattern.
Some secundary lobules demonstrate ground-glass opacity due
#Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #Mosaic #GroundGlass ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Cells - tumor ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left we see consolidation and ground-glass opacity in a patient with persistent chest abnormalities
carcinoma #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #GroundGlass ... BronchioloalveolarCarcinoma #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural fluid may become encysted.
Here we see fluid entrapped within the fissure.
This can sometimes give the
called 'vanishing tumor ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pseudotumor #RadiologyAssistant