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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Consolidation - ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
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 ... may still have a normal ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... the alveoli and cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... and other non-pulmonary ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
lobar pneumonia caused ... respond to the treatment ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
hilus is in a normal ... of chronic consolidation ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... film, which is normal ... has caused a triangular ... #Clinical #Radiology ... PulmonaryEmbolism #RadiologyAssistant
Ground Glass Opacities on Lung CT - Pathophysiology
Ground glass opacity lung is denser (whiter) than normal
(whiter) than normal ... as compared to consolidation ... often, GGO is caused ... Opacities #Lung #pulmonary ... Pathophysiology #Radiology
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
with multifocal consolidations ... multiple ill-defined masses ... lab-findings were normal ... #Clinical #Radiology ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a case of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia.
It was a patient with low-grade fever, progressive
On the left a case ... breath and an abnormal ... non-segmental consolidations ... respond promptly to treatment ... EosinophilicPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant