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Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
we describe a chest ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... #Cavity #Cyst # ... Lung #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
or an area of consolidation ... diagnosis there ... associated pulmonary ... with end-stage fibrosis ... #Cavity #Cyst #
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
or tumor cells (Table ... Even fibrosis as ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... Hemorrhage, Edema • Consolidation ... Antitripsyn Def • Cysts ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... The table summarizes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... low attenuation (table ... appreciate on a cest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... high-resolution chest ... #differential # ... diagnosis
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
before the typical cysts ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
neuroexam - Oral cavity ... determine if stress test ... one post op Cardiology ... change CV risk Chest ... stratification #diagnosis
Septal thickening
Thickening of the lung interstitium by fluid, fibrous tissue, or infiltration by cells results in
interstitium by fluid, fibrous ... diagnosis (Table ... Kerley B lines on chest ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT