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It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
In chronic disease ... post-obstructive pneumonia ... post-infection diseases ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #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 ... The old name is ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Pneumothorax, Alveolar ... ARDS, Diffuse Alveolar ... : Pneumonia, Mucous ... Impaired Diffusion: ILD ... Shock • Airway Disease
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... x-ray there is an ill-defined ... an acute lobar pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #RadiologyAssistant
High Attenuation pattern 
1. Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with peripheral areas of ground glass opacity.
2. Sarcoid end-stage
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia ... Broncho-alveolar ... consolidation #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
of organizing pneumonia ... collagen vascular diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD ... #RadiologyAssistant
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... and interstitial pneumonia ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD ... #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
Filling of the alveolar ... result of air space disease ... interstitial lung disease ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
also organizing pneumonia ... collagen vascular disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Cryptogenic #Organizing #Pneumonia ... #ILD #RadiologyAssistant
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
, Pulmonary alveolar ... Pyogenic bacterial pneumonia ... cancer, Organizing pneumonia ... Pyogenic bacterial pneumonia ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology