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Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Thickening of the interstitium ... ) or interstitial ... lung disease (i.e ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
- Lung neoplasms ... filling of the alveoli ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
that fills the alveoli ... opacities. 2- Interstitial ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
On the left another patient with alveolar edema at admission, which resolved after treatment.
When you scroll
another patient with alveolar ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
leakage into the interstitium ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
filling of the alveoli ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
In the lungs LV ... fluid into the interstitium ... finally into the alveoli ... #CHF #CXR #Features ... Findings #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the lung ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
dependent part of the lungs ... presentation of alveolar ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF # ... IntersitialEdema #Septal #RadiologyAssistant