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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... redistribution of pulmonary blood ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
lobe there is a gravity ... to infection, blood ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pulmonary #Edema #AlveolarEdema ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... - Blood - hemorrhage ... - Cells - tumor ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
it pus, edema, blood ... or tumor cells ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
with fluid, pus, blood ... tumor cells) or ... resulting in lobar, diffuse ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
influenced by: Gravity ... the pulmonary blood ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pulmonary #Edema #AlveolarEdema ... #RadiologyAssistant