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Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Fibrosis ... Loculated effusion or empyema ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... xray #clinical #radiology ... #CXR
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... The chest film shows ... which are probably consolidations ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
Here a typical chest ... The differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
or an area of consolidation ... with end-stage fibrosis ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cavity ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
On the left a chest ... findig on the chest ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
produces a silhouette sign ... The lateral view ... of the anterior chest ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left we see consolidation and ground-glass opacity in a patient with persistent chest abnormalities
the left we see consolidation ... with persistent chest ... weight loss without signs ... we can rule out fibrosis ... carcinoma #Clinical #Radiology
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
view On the PA chest-film ... the silhouette sign ... we will discuss later ... Clinical #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CXR #Normal #Labeled
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Nasal polyps and signs ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... high-resolution chest ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
also demonstrate signs ... be high in the differential ... a precursor of consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #