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Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
the air in the alveoli ... it pus, edema, blood ... or tumor cells ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
that fills the alveoli ... with fluid, pus, blood ... of air in the alveoli ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... between these chest ... filling of the alveoli ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
content of the alveoli ... - Blood - hemorrhage ... - Cells - tumor ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
the peripheral blood ... non-segmental consolidations ... extensive filling of alveoli ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #Eosinophilic
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
common to see consolidation ... The consolidation ... bleeding into the alveoli ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
seen when the consolidations ... to infection, blood ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... Alveolar #Pulmonary
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
Stage III - Alveolar ... with perihilar consolidations ... the pulmonary blood ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
Pulmonary sequestration
This is an uncommon cause of lobar consolidation.
It is a congenital abnormality.
A nonfunctioning part of
cause of lobar consolidation ... receives arterial blood ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CtChest #
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... pressure: systolic blood ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Kerley B lines, alveolar ... → no signs of CXR