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Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
with airspace disease ... Even fibrosis as ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Fibrosis ... empyema - Air-fluid ... #TB #Patterns #chest ... #xray #clinical ... #radiology #CXR
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... space disease ( ... (i.e. fibrosis) ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #GroundGlass #Differential
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... between these chest ... interstitial lung disease ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Progressive Massive Fibrosis aka Complicated Silicosis.
Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline
lung disease caused ... With disease progression ... #Silicosis #clinical ... #radiology #CXR ... #Chest #XRay #labeled
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Crackles / ↓ Air ... asthma • Pleural disease ... atelectasis • Lung fibrosis ... ., flail chest, ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential
Progressive Massive Fibrosis on Chest X-Ray
In a construction worker presenting with shortness of breath.
Progressive Massive Fibrosis
interstitial lung disease ... which is caused by disease ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #silicosis #clinical ... #radiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
combinations of fibrosis ... (e.g., sclerodermia ... , OP and LIP have ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
in the proper clinical ... abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... which are probably consolidations ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
maybe there is an air-bronchogram ... with multifocal consolidations ... dealing with the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral