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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Wall/Pleura ... Pneumothorax • Pleural ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Segment Anatomy Annotated on Chest CT
Right Lung:
 • Upper Lobe: Apical, Posterior, Anterior
 • Middle
Anatomy Annotated on Chest ... radiopaedia.org/cases ... lobes #Segments #Chest ... #CT #CTChest #pulmonary ... #clinical #radiology
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... lesions than the chest ... lesions abutting the pleura ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... always visible as a meniscus ... In these cases, ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
The pulmonary vascular ... non-perfused vessels and causes ... In daily clinical ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Sand Storm Sign on Chest CT
 • Diffusely dense pulmonary micronodular calcifications. Note the black pleural
Storm Sign on Chest ... CT • Diffusely ... Note the black pleural ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
base against the pleural ... the diagnosis of pulmonary ... In this case, pulmonary ... confirmed with chest ... CT angiography.
Comet Tail Sign on Chest CT
 • Curvilinear pleural based opacity directed towards the ipsilateral hilum
Comet Tail Sign on Chest ... pleural based opacity ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical