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Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... blood or tumor cells ... fibrosis as in UIP ... , NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... four patterns. 1- Consolidation ... opacities. 2- Interstitial ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... seen and in many cases ... UIP can be suspected ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
The CXR demonstrates a reticular interstitial pattern with a preference at the lung bases.
The HRCT demonstrates
The CXR demonstrates ... preference at the lung ... bases. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #CTChest
UIP
UIP is a histologic pattern of pulmonary fibrosis.
On a chest X-ray UIP manifests as a reticular
particularly at the lung ... pattern at the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #UIP #Reticular ... #Interstitial #
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
In most cases these ... ill-defined densities is interstitial ... small and fill up ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Multifocal
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
changes in the basal lung ... reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #Usual #Interstitial
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... rare idiopathic lung ... diffuse or patchy consolidation ... There are areas of consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
In the lungs LV ... fluid into the interstitium ... pulmonary disease and causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features