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Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
x-ray there is an ill-defined ... In the proper clinical ... if this patient had ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to think of the differential ... (OP) and chronic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
interstitial pneumonia ... vascular diseases (e.g ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
rheumatoid arthritis and ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
larger ones are ill-defined ... dealing with the differential ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
of volume loss and ... cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
to vasculitis and ... are usually very ill ... usually not that ill ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CavitaryPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
On the left two different patients with similarl HRCT findings.
The left one is a smoker with
smoker with RB-ILD ... hypersensitivity pneumonits ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HypersensitivityPneumonitis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Enteroviruses (e.g ... Powassan, louping ill ... • Common clinical ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... (< 50%) • S. pneumoniae
Diffuse consolidation in bronchopneumonia
Here another case of diffuse consolidation.
This patient had fever and cough.
This was thought
This patient had ... fever and cough ... to multifocal ill-defined ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Legionella #Diffuse #RadiologyAssistant