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The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
must be located anteriorly ... This was a consolidation ... due to a pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... SilhouetteSign #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
that present with consolidation ... called cryptogenic (COP ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Consolidation ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
post-obstructive pneumonia ... (OP) or chronic ... eosinophilic pneumonia ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... Organizing pneumonia ... (OP) - multiple ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
with multifocal consolidations ... diagnosis of chronic consolidation ... (OP) also known ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
failure, esp in work-up ... /management of shock ... history Initial Work-up ... pts a CBC and CMP ... get an EKG and CXR