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Upper lung zone preference is seen in:
- Inhaled particles: pneumoconiosis (silica or coal)
- Smoking related diseases
Upper lung zone ... bronchiolitis (RB-ILD ... - Aspiration - Pulmonary ... edema #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
in the alveoli' ... Is it pus, edema ... UIP, NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
spaces with pus, edema ... the result of air ... or interstitial lung ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
Progressing to diffuse alveolar ... involvement, with “white lung ... oedema due to heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Air Bronchogram ... DDx: pna, pulm edema ... , severe ILD, pulm ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
(alveolar edema ... consolidations and air ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
edema - filling ... of the alveoli ... nodular interstitial lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
In the lungs LV ... finally into the alveoli ... edema. ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
borders in the left lung ... consolidation will not cross ... pneumoniae, TB and lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
rare idiopathic lung ... characterized by diffuse alveolar ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD