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It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
between acute consolidation ... and chronic consolidation ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
patients, who have an acute ... heart due to a chronic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential # ... RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
considered, like acute ... or chronic illness ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Blood Loss • Acute ... RBCs on Smear • Chronic ... • Anemia of Chronic
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Diagnostic Framework ... of chronic kidney ... disease, Acute ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... Chronic diseases ... diagnosis is to ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Corpuscular Volume (MCV ... ) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... RA, SLE, PRV, Chronic ... Normal RBCs • Acute
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... : Anemia, Arrhythmia ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis
Batwing
A bilateral perihilar distribution of consolidation is also called a Batwing distribution.
The sparing of the periphery
most typical of pulmonary ... frequently seen in chronic ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Batwing #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Secondary ... Thrombocytosis): • Acute ... malignancies • Anemia ... myeloid leukemia (CML