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Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
with shortness of breath ... is a chronic interstitial ... lung disease with ... pneumoconiosis which is caused ... #Chest #XRay #CXR
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
or tumor cells (Table ... Even fibrosis as ... UIP, NSIP and long ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
Summary table of ... Fat necrosis: • Fibrosis ... e.g. biopsy, car ... diseases #benign #differential ... #table
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... - Lung neoplasms ... Sarcoidosis is the great ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... RadiologyAssistant
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... pneumonia • Chronic ... • Diminished breath ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... seen and in many cases ... #RadiologyAssistant
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
a patient with long ... The differential ... diagnosis includes chronic ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... since in many cases ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... The table summarizes ... lobar pneumonia caused ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
pattern of pulmonary fibrosis ... particularly at the lung ... pattern at the lung ... attributed to chronic ... #Honeycombing #RadiologyAssistant