13 results
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
lung nodules or a mass ... , as in cystic fibrosis ... there are some mass-like ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural fluid may become encysted.
Here we see fluid entrapped within the fissure.
This can sometimes give the
impression of a mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Effusion #Fissure #Pseudotumor ... #RadiologyAssistant
When a rib fracture heals, the callus formation may create a mass-like appearance (blue arrow).
Sometimes a
is necessary to differentiate ... fracture from a lung mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... RibFracture #Callus #Pseudotumor ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
arise within a mass ... with end-stage fibrosis ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
In some patients an extra joint is seen in the anterior part of the first rib
simulate a lung mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Calcification #Pseudotumor ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the lateral view spondylosis may mimick a lung mass.
Any density in the area of the
mimick a lung mass ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Spondylosis #Pseudotumor ... #RadiologyAssistant
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
There is fibrosis ... The differential ... also results in fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
On the ADC maps, ... it possible to differentiate ... map than on the ADC ... #Stroke #CVA #Clinical ... #Radiology #Interpretation
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... In chronic HP fibrotic ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Mimic #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who is treated with cytotoxic drugs for a hematologic malignancy.
The radiographic
pneumonitis or fibrosis ... When there is fibrosis ... disease in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant