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Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
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Lobar consolidation
The most common presentation of consolidation is lobar or segmental.
The most common diagnosis is lobar
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It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
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Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
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ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
No pathological findings ... Progressing to diffuse ... diagnosis of pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #ChestXRay
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
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Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
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Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
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Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
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