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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... or tumor cells (Table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
can suggest the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity ... #RadiologyAssistant
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
visible wall #CXR ... #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... Lung #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
dealing with the differential ... consolidation. ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... low attenuation (table ... seen and in many cases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
or an area of consolidation ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Cavity #Cyst # ... Emphysema #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
The CT-image is not very helpful in the differentiation.
There are hypodense areas, which could be masses.
On
which could be masses ... Finally the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #RadiologyAssistant