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Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
This was a PCP-infection ... manifestation of AIDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial ... Pneumonia #PJP #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
superimposed pulmonay infection ... , ARDS, near-drowning ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
pneumonia (COP/BOOP) - Infection ... heart failure, ARDS ... AIP) #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CrazyPaving ... AlveolarProteinosis #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
exsudate due to infection ... capillary leak like in ARDS ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary sequestration
This is an uncommon cause of lobar consolidation.
It is a congenital abnormality.
A nonfunctioning part of
with recurrent infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CtChest # ... PulmonarySequestration #RadiologyAssistant
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
virulent pyogenic infections ... granulomatous infection ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... CavitaryPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant