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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 ... - Diffuse consolidation ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
called cryptogenic (COP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Consolidation ... #Lobar #Diffuse
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... , Diffuse alveolar ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
(OP) or chronic ... eosinophilic pneumonia ... are so small and diffuse ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... (OP) - multiple ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
Dyspnea+, Pleuritic Chest ... Pain - Diffuse ... (CEP) - F>M (2 ... - Peripheral Consolidations ... AKA "inverse pulmonary
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
Miliary Pattern - Chest ... rarely typical pneumonia ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... Innumerable, bilateral, diffusely ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... xray #clinical #radiology ... #CXR
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... , COP, Chronic Eos ... Hemorrhage, Edema • Consolidation ... HiRes #HighRes #Chest ... #radiology