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Cavitary Lesion with Air-Fluid Level on Chest XRay

70+ year old man with PMH of latent TB
XRay 70+ year old ... PMH of latent TB ... #Cavitary #CXR ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Pulmonary ... #Radiology #AirFluidLevel
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... - Fibrosis ... #Tuberculosis #TB ... #Patterns #chest ... #CXR
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
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
TB
This patient presented first with the CXR on the left.
The findings are:
Widespread ill-defined densities, which are
are: Widespread ill-defined ... probably small consolidations ... Cavity in the right ... upper lobe minimal fibrosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Miliary TB: random ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Patterns - Differential ... Miliary Infection (TB ... Hemorrhage, Edema • Consolidation ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #radiology
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
we describe a chest ... visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... Lung #Pulmonary
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
coughed up, a cavity ... infection like TB ... resolution of the consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... • Infection: TB ... evidence of cystic fibrosis ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... #differential #