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Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... pneumonia caused ... When it is idiopathic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Lobar consolidation ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... and GG pattern, ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
'diseases' per se ... unknown cause and ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #ILD #Findings
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
findings. ... Lobar pneumonia ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lobar #Consolidation
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... are dealing with multifocal ... The lab-findings ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial pneumonia ... lung disease characterized ... The histologic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP #