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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Diagnosis • ... Upper or middle lobe ... collapse, Atelectasis ... #radiology
Radiographic Signs of Lobar Collapse
General findings to look for:
 • Crowding of ribs near collapse
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Signs of Lobar Collapse ... Hyperlucency of other lobes ... #pulmonary #lung ... #signs #radiology ... #diagnosis
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
consolidations in lower lobes ... involvement, with “white lung ... structures help in the differential ... diagnosis of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... Diseases With Upper Lobe ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... the right lower lobe ... dealing with the differential ... diagnosis of chronic ... #Clinical #Radiology
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
The differential ... diagnosis for this ... the most likely diagnosis ... pleural space to collapse ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
a patient with long ... The differential ... diagnosis includes ... fibrosis with upper lobe ... #Clinical #Radiology
UIP with honeycombing (left) and chronic HP (right)
Differential diagnosis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
Subacute stage:
- RB-ILD: seen in
chronic HP (right) Differential ... smokers, upper lobe ... throughout the whole lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest