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It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
and chronic consolidation ... are so small and diffuse ... filling of the alveoli ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
Diffuse consolidation ... consolidation is ... pulmonary edema ... heart due to a chronic ... #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
like acute or chronic ... illness, clinical ... edema - filling ... of the alveoli ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Chronic diseases ... content of the alveoli ... Cells - tumor, chronic ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
consolidations ... Progressing to diffuse ... alveolar involvement ... oedema due to heart ... #Clinical #Radiology
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... lymphoma, Diffuse ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
HRCT findings in Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
Peripheral consolidations with upper lobe predominance (photo negative of pulmonary edema).
On
pneumonia Peripheral consolidations ... photo negative of pulmonary ... edema). ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Eosinophilic #Pnemonia #RadiologyAssistant
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
(alveolar edema ... consolidations ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that even within each lobe there is a gravity dependent difference in density.
This is only
seen when the consolidations ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema ... Gravity #Dependent #RadiologyAssistant