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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... opacities - Fine Nodular ... interstitial opacities Nodule ... Solitary Pulmonary Nodule ... Consolidation #Patterns
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... consolidation and GG pattern ... irregular lines, nodular ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... #ILD #diagnosis
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... resulting in lobar, diffuse ... opacities or small nodules ... . 3- Nodule or mass ... Consolidation #Patterns
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... The old name is ... BOOP - Bronchiolitis ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... cysts along with nodules ... septal thickening & nodules ... LCDD, SS Cyst pattern ... presentations - ILD