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Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... like acute or chronic ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
summarizes the most common ... Chronic diseases ... Cells - tumor, chronic ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common ... cause of diffuse ... heart due to a chronic ... heart disease, ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Failure (Most Common ... • Diffuse Lung ... Syndrome • Chronic ... Lung Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... tightness Most Common ... Causes: • Cystic ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... high-resolution chest CT
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... infection • Most common ... pneumonia • Chronic ... seen • Chest CT ... #differential #causes
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... DDX - Other causes ... Malignancies • Chronic
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
embolism it is not common ... In this case a lung ... pulmonary embolus has caused ... On the CT we can ... #Clinical #Radiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
: Most common cause ... endocarditis/tumors: Most common ... Age-related changes, chronic ... : Dilated CMP, long-standing ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
- Sporadic cases ... (infiltrates, consolidation ... effusions) - Chronic ... presentation of TB, lung ... patients with chronic