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A lobar consolidation located cephalad to the diaphragm. The branching, hyperechoic air bronchograms define this consolidation.
A lobar consolidation ... bronchograms define this consolidation ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... Sagittal #Pneumonia #ALiEM
Batwing
A bilateral perihilar distribution of consolidation is also called a Batwing distribution.
The sparing of the periphery
Batwing A bilateral ... most typical of pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Batwing # ... Differential #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
- Lung neoplasms ... proteinaceous material ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
B-lines are visualized as hyperechoic vertical artifacts arising from the pleural line and extending off the
artifacts arising from ... pattern #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #PCC ... #POCUS #Lung #BLines ... #ALiEM
Pulmonary sequestration
This is an uncommon cause of lobar consolidation.
It is a congenital abnormality.
A nonfunctioning part of
cause of lobar consolidation ... nonfunctioning part of the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CtChest # ... PulmonarySequestration #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
or an area of consolidation ... differentiate them from ... the surrounding lung ... without associated pulmonary ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... #Lung #Pulmonary