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Causes of Pleural Effusions
#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #PleuralEffusions #Differential #Table #Transudative #Exudative
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Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
diagnosis of Exudative Pleural ... Effusion in adults ... #Respiratory #PleuralEffusion ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary
Pleural fluid
It takes about 200-300 ml of fluid before it comes visible on an CXR (figure).
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visible on an CXR ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #PleuralEffusion ... #Pleural #Effusion ... Volume #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
A-lines (parietal pleura ... effusion - Reduced ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #differential # ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
 "Ultrasonography of the right hypochondrium visualizing a pleural effusion (asterisk)" - McMaster Textbook of Internal
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Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... Effusion #PleuralEffusion ... #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... #CXR #Diffuse # ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural opacities
The table lists the most common causes of pleural opacities #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Pleural
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Pulmonary Infarct with Subpleural Consolidation on Lung POCUS
PoCUS shows small R pleural effusion & subpleural consolidation-->lowered
Pulmonary Infarct ... PoCUS shows small ... R pleural effusion ... threshold for cxr ... Herbst @EUSmkh #Pulmonary