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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 ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
looking at the lateral ... This was a consolidation ... to a pneumonia caused ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... or tumor cells (Table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
enlargement The table ... summarizes the causes ... branching vessels #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
The table summarizes ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #Table ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
multiple small bilateral ... peripheral consolidations ... case, but this ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest ... Pneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
the right heart border ... thus simulating a consolidation ... The lateral view ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Pectus #Excavatum #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... low attenuation (table ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
The CT-image is not very helpful in the differentiation.
There are hypodense areas, which could be masses.
On
which could be masses ... Finally the diagnosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CTChest #Hodgkins ... #RadiologyAssistant