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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Consolidation - ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... The old name is ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar consolidation
The most common presentation of consolidation is lobar or segmental.
The most common diagnosis is lobar
Lobar consolidation ... The most common diagnosis ... is lobar pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... x-ray there is an ill-defined ... causes of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
the differential diagnosis ... post-obstructive pneumonia ... like organizing pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
carcinoma, the diagnosis ... cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
with multifocal consolidations ... the differential diagnosis ... of chronic consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
bilateral peripheral consolidations ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
bilateral peripheral consolidations ... also organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... Organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant