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The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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result in decreased lung ... attenuation or air-filled ... - Emphysema - Lung ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
replacing the air ... UIP, NSIP and long ... can replace the air ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
abutting the pleura, air-bronchograms ... densities iin the left lung ... cavitation in the right lung ... Radiology #CXR #CTChest ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CTChest ... Histiocytosis #RadiologyAssistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
Notice the air-fluid ... attached to the chest ... There is a lung ... with a cystic lung ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #RadiologyAssistant
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
right side of the chest ... the lung will lie ... inferior part of the lung ... be seen on many chest ... Cardiac #Incisura #RadiologyAssistant
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
identified in the lung ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... TreeInBud #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
the result of air ... or interstitial lung ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
disease: Pleuritic chest ... lat decubitus - air ... level seen • Chest ... pneumonectomy if fail ... treatment until the chest
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
pneumonia On the chest ... Notice the air-bronchogram ... weight loss or long ... Lobar #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant