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Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
Progressive Massive Fibrosis ... on Chest X-Ray ... pneumoconiosis which is caused ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... silicosis #clinical #radiology
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... Even fibrosis as ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Consolidation #Differential
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
Progressive Massive Fibrosis ... Silicosis is a fibrotic ... lung disease caused ... Silicosis #clinical #radiology ... #CXR #Chest #XRay
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
, as in cystic fibrosis ... bronchial obstruction caused ... In this case there ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... On a Chest X-Ray ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Interstitial #Pattern #Differential
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... There is fibrosis ... The differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
since in many cases ... we describe a chest ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Radiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Radiation C - Cystic Fibrosis ... pulmonary apices caused ... by a rigid chest ... lung #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... On a chest X-ray ... suspect UIP on the CXR ... Here a CXR with ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
On the left a chest ... volume loss and fibrotic ... reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #