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Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
branching vessels #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Differential #Unilateral ... #Bilateral #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... B-lines or bilateral ... or unilateral B-lines ... #differential #diagnosis ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines ... Bilateral B-lines ... NOT definitively diagnose ... RJonesSonoEM #BLines ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
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COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
2 after COVID diagnosis ... update: small bilateral ... & basal b-lines ... clinical #lung #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #BLines
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The retracted visceral pleura is seen (blue arrow) which indicates that there is a pneumothorax.
There is
is a horizontal line ... are no straight lines ... only key to the diagnosis ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Hydropneumothorax #RadiologyAssistant
Batwing
A bilateral perihilar distribution of consolidation is also called a Batwing distribution.
The sparing of the periphery
Batwing A bilateral ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Batwing # ... Differential #RadiologyAssistant
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
influenza) • CFR ... emergency 2020-3-12 Diagnosis ... symptoms Imaging • CXR ... : hazy bilateral ... COVID19 #Cheatsheet #Diagnosis
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
flow, Kerley B-lines ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
A hiatal hernia is the most common cause of displacement of the azygoesophageal line.
Notice the air
azygoesophageal line ... hernia on the lateral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #HiatalHernia ... Hiatal #Hernia #RadiologyAssistant
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
Diagnosis is generally ... based on three lines ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... Venn #Diagram #Diagnosis