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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
blood flow, Kerley ... have an acute cardiac ... , may have non-cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Ground-glass opacity (GGO ... inflammation or tumor cells ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
When you scroll
the images and go ... distribution of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Edema #AlveolarEdema ... #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 ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
to infection, blood ... #Clinical #Radiology ... CHF #Alveolar #Pulmonary ... #Edema #AlveolarEdema ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Blood - hemorrhage ... - Cells - tumor ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On a chest film only the outer contours of the heart are seen.
In many cases we
. - Receives blood ... from the pulmonary ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... Atrium #Ventricle #Cardiac ... #Chambers #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
and an enlarged cardiac ... blood flow, but ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Edema #AlveolarEdema ... #RadiologyAssistant
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
form): damages blood ... vessels, harms heart cells ... placenta): block blood ... experience recovery of cardiac ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology