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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
acute reticular pattern ... most frequently caused ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
in interstitial lung ... On a Chest X-Ray ... is interstitial lung ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
On the chest x-ray ... In the proper clinical ... weight loss or long ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
anteriorly in the left lung ... caused by Sterptococcus ... pneumoniae. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Aortic Stenosis - Ischemic ... Parenchymal • Pneumonia ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
- Chest Radiology ... throughout the lungs ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #Chest #Radiology ... #clinical #CT
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... • Interstitial lung ... Malformation • Severe Pneumonia ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Abnormalities • Chest
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Clinical manifestations ... - Imaging: • CXR ... consolidation and GG pattern
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Dysrhythmia • Ischemia ... Superior vena cava syndrome ... Parenchyma: • Pneumonia ... • Interstitial lung
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... on a chest x-ray ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR