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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Filling of the alveolar ... interstitium or alveolar ... filling of the alveoli ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #GGO #
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Pneumothorax, Alveolar ... - Physiologic: ARDS ... , Diffuse Alveolar ... Edema, Alveolar ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Cardiogenic pulmonary ... to diuretics, ground-glass ... secondary lobeles with ground ... Cardiogenic pulmonary ... #CTChest #LymphangiticCarcinomatosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... • ARDS • COPD ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
COVID-19 Patterns of Lung Findings on Chest CT
1. Reverse Halo Sign
2. ARDS
3. Crazy-Paving Pattern
4. Bilateral Peripheral
Lung Findings on Chest ... ARDS 3. ... Bilateral Peripheral Ground ... Patterns #Lung #Pulmonary ... ChestCT #radiology #CTChest
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
first part of alveolar ... second part of alveolar ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... across capillary-alveolar ... lung diseases, pulmonary
Ground Glass Opacities on Lung CT - Pathophysiology
Ground glass opacity lung is denser (whiter) than normal
Ground Glass Opacities ... often, GGO is caused ... of air within alveoli ... partially fill alveoli ... Opacities #Lung #pulmonary
#radiology #ctchest #differential

Differential Diagnosis of Ground-glass Opacity.

Some abbreviations
HP: Hypersensitive pneumonitis
DIP: Desquamative interstitial pneumonia
PAP: Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
MIA:
#radiology #ctchest ... Differential Diagnosis of Ground-glass ... pneumonia PAP: Pulmonary ... alveolar proteinosis ... adenocarcinoma AIS
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Interstitial Edema, Alveolar ... Attenuation: • Acute Ground ... PNA • Chronic Ground ... Crazy Paving: Alveolar ... Honeycombing: Idiopathic Pulmonary
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... the air in the alveoli ... the air in the alveoli ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Consolidation