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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
Lobar consolidation ... Pulmonary Nodule - Multiple ... Masses Atelectasis ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Multiple - usually ... multiple ill-defined ... pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... Neoplasm with lobar ... both present with multiple ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Lobar pneumonia ... pneumonia (OP) - multiple ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
Multiple masses ... The differential ... multifocal consolidations ... #Management #Radiology ... #Lung #Multiple
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
that there are multiple ... ill-defined masses ... dealing with the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Diffuse consolidation in bronchopneumonia
Here another case of diffuse consolidation.
This patient had fever and cough.
This was thought
Unlike lobar pneumonia ... usually starts in multiple ... Bronchopneumonia can be caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Multifocal
Multifocal consolidations are also described as multifocal ill-defined opacities or densities.
In most cases these are the
In most cases these ... underlying pathology of multiple ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Multifocal ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
preeclampsia) • Multiple ... , selenium) Differential ... congestion on a CXR ... recognition and management ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology