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High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... Broncho-alveolar ... consolidation #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Pain: • Chest ... Pleuritis • Alveoli ... : - CHF - Pneumonia ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
and an abnormal chest ... extensive filling of alveoli ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Eosinophilic ... #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
post-obstructive pneumonia ... like organizing pneumonia ... filling of the alveoli ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... On the chest x-ray ... an acute lobar pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Filling of the alveolar ... interstitium or alveolar ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
#Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #SeptalThickening ... #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
to filling of alveoli ... Alveolar proteinosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern (2) 
1. Non specific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP): ground glass with traction bronchiectasis, no
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #HRCT #CTChest ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
the air in the alveoli ... the air in the alveoli ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant