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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... Consolidation - ... Lobar consolidation ... - Diffuse consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... Radiology #CXR #Lobar ... #Consolidation ... #Causes #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 ... most likely a lobar ... causes of chronic consolidation ... #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation ... - Lobar consolidation ... spread of MTB infection ... #TB #Patterns #chest
Pulmonary sequestration
This is an uncommon cause of lobar consolidation.
It is a congenital abnormality.
A nonfunctioning part of
uncommon cause of lobar ... consolidation. ... with recurrent infection ... Radiology #CXR #CtChest ... PulmonarySequestration #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... consolidation or ... breath, Fatigue, Chest ... Pneumonia: • Chest
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
seen when the consolidations ... exsudate due to infection ... capillary leak like in ARDS ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant
On the left we see consolidation and ground-glass opacity in a patient with persistent chest abnormalities
the left we see consolidation ... with persistent chest ... without signs of infection ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... BronchioloalveolarCarcinoma #RadiologyAssistant
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
virulent pyogenic infections ... be seen on the chest ... resolution of the consolidation ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... CavitaryPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant