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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... Lobar consolidation ... - Diffuse consolidation ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Patterns of Involvement ... - Lobar consolidation ... Innumerable, bilateral, diffusely ... clinical #radiology #CXR
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Lobar #Diffuse
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern ... mm) nodules • Diffusely ... #Pattern #Chest ... #diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... Neoplasm with lobar ... are so small and diffuse ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Consolidation
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
absent or few in number ... either random (miliary ... the nodules are diffuse ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... MultipleNodules #Nodules #Differential
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis ... • Nucleolar: Diffuse ... Hepatitis, Primary Biliary ... , Interstitial Pulmonary ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential