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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... may still have a normal ... #CXR #Diffuse # ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac: • Dysrhythmia ... • Interstitial lung ... #Causes
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... This causes a density ... It is a normal finding ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
Shock - Bibasilar Lung ... Obstructive Shock - Normal ... Sounds • Pulmonary ... Pneumothorax • Cardiac ... #causes
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
lymphadenopathy, pleural ... #Clinical #Anatomy ... #Radiology #CXR ... ParatrachealStripe #RadiologyAssistant ... ParaAorticLine #PAView #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
Redistribution In a normal ... supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
In these cases, ... bubble and the lung ... The stomach is normally ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Causes include: ... lack of acute cardiac ... disease • Normal ... ischemic changes CXR ... Transfusion-related acute lung
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
Lung infarction ... In this case a lung ... film, which is normal ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... • Moderate: oral