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Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
, is to look at ... the pattern of distribution ... more than one pattern ... OP is organizing ... called cryptogenic (COP
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
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... and GG pattern, ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... #ILD #diagnosis
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 ... pneumonia (OP) ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... resulting in lobar, diffuse ... the amount of air ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
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