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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
- Diffuse consolidation ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
Diffuse consolidation ... The most common cause ... of diffuse consolidation ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Diffuse #Consolidation
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #Table
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... this is nodular interstitial ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
AIDS Patients • Diffuse ... Interstitial Infiltrates ... Influenza, Lymphocytic interstitial ... complex • Nodular/Masses ... Sarcoma • Focal Consolidation
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
low attenuation (table ... On a CXR the most ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
In most cases these ... to segmental, diffuse ... ill-defined densities is interstitial ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Multifocal
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... lymphoma, Diffuse ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
Hemorrhage
In this case there was a solitary nodule in the right upper lobe and a biopsy
Hemorrhage In this case ... The lobar consolidation ... anticoagulantion therapy, diffuse ... Wegener's #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pulmonary