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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 ... Consolidation - Lobar ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
or lobar collaps ... The most common causes ... #Lobar #Collapse ... #Patterns #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... substances resulting in lobar ... Atelectasis - collapse ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
acute reticular pattern ... due to cardiac heart ... The other cause ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Pneumonia #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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life-threatening causes ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score • PERC; ... Well score for
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
posterior to the heart ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #LLL #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... pneumonia caused ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Right lower lobe atelectasis
Chest x-rays of a 70-year old male who fell from the stairs and
border of the heart ... lung but by the collapsed ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #RLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Lobar pneumonia ... with congestive heart ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
in fact this is caused ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Lateral #LUL #Lobar ... #Collapse #Luftsichel ... LuftsichelSign #RadiologyAssistant