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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Lobar consolidation ... - Diffuse consolidation ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... #CXR #Consolidation
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
pneumonia caused ... The old name is BOOP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Lobar #Diffuse
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
Diffuse consolidation ... The most common cause ... of diffuse consolidation ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Diffuse #Consolidation
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
Neoplasm with lobar ... - Lung neoplasms ... 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
determine the cause ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... nodular interstitial lung ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
consolidations ... Progressing to diffuse ... involvement, with “white lung ... structures help in the differential ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Disease • Diffuse ... • Chronic Lung ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... multiple ill-defined masses ... dealing with the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
smaller and fewer in number ... supplying the lung ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
pneumonia • formerly BOOP ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... lymphoma, Diffuse ... #pulmonary #ILD