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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... Look for other signs ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #
The PA-film shows a silhouette sign of the left heart border.
Even without looking at the lateral
a silhouette sign ... This was a consolidation ... to a pneumonia caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Vasculature: PE ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... #Cardiology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to think of the differential ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
sign which consists ... In this case, pulmonary ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine ... #CriticalCare #Radiology ... #Cardiology #HamptonHump
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
Number of Cannon A per ... to diagnose the case ... excludes other differentials ... Awaves #AVNRT #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... infarction, massive PE ... #physicalexam # ... diagnosis #cardiology ... causes
Reverse Halo Sign
Defined as a central ground class opacity surrounded by a ring of dense consolidation
Differential
Reverse Halo Sign ... ring of dense consolidation ... infarction secondary to PE ... #differential # ... #radiology
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
In these cases, ... so, on an erect PA ... a patient with signs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... Nasal polyps and signs ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... #differential #