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Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... perihilar (batwing) or peripheral ... The old name is BOOP ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
There is a peripheral ... also known as BOOP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
• formerly BOOP ... - Clinical manifestations ... - Imaging: • CXR ... : Peripheral distribution ... - Diagnosis:
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
the differential diagnosis ... Neoplasm with lobar ... with multiple peripheral ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... Infarction - peripheral ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant
Here a typical lobar consolidation.
First study the images, then continue reading.
The findings are:
increased density with ill-defined
in the periphery ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #AirBronchogram ... #LLL #Lobar #Pneumonia ... #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation in bronchopneumonia
Here another case of diffuse consolidation.
This patient had fever and cough.
This was thought
Unlike lobar pneumonia ... be legionella pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia ... Legionella #Diffuse #RadiologyAssistant
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
Pneumonia on POCUS ... diagnosis of community-acquired ... imaging such as cxr ... #POCUS #clinical ... #lung #ultrasound