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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... - Diffuse consolidation ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
, is to look at ... (batwing) or peripheral ... more than one pattern ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
resulting in lobar, diffuse ... Atelectasis - collapse ... the amount of air ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
maybe there is an air-bronchogram ... with multifocal consolidations ... There is a peripheral ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
demonstrating wegde-shaped peripheral ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... which are probably consolidations ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... : Peripheral distribution ... and GG pattern, ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... #pulmonary #ILD
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
characterized by diffuse ... The histologic pattern ... or patchy consolidation ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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bilateral perihilar consolidation ... with air bronchograms ... would like to look ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
Basic Interpretation
A structured approach to interpretation of HRCT involves the following questions:
What is the dominant HR-pattern:
reticular
nodular
high
the dominant HR-pattern ... (ground-glass, consolidation ... central versus peripheral ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
the lower lobe air-bronchogram ... starts in the periphery ... thus creating ill-defined ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant