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Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Is it pus, edema ... fibrosis as in UIP ... , NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... in the proper clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Monod Sign on Chest CT
 • Air surrounding a fungal ball in a preexisting pulmonary cavity
• Air surrounding ... preexisting pulmonary cavity ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Sign on Chest CT ... DDx: pna, pulm edema ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
the surrounding lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst # ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Peripheral consolidations with upper lobe predominance (photo negative of pulmonary edema).
On
predominance (photo ... negative of pulmonary edema ... contrast enhanced CT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Eosinophilic #Pnemonia #RadiologyAssistant
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
CT will also demonstrate ... dependent part of the lungs ... non-dependent part of the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... IntersitialEdema #Septal #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
influenced by: Gravity ... position Obstructive lung ... consolidations and air ... #Clinical #Radiology ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
the consolidated lung ... pus is coughed up ... , a cavity can be ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CavitaryPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant