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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
- Diffuse consolidation ... Interstitial - ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
Diffuse consolidation ... of diffuse consolidation ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Diffuse #Consolidation
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Consolidation is ... you think of the causes ... Is it pus, edema ... the alveoli and cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... edema due to cardiac ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
spaces with pus, edema ... Thickening of the interstitium ... the alveoli) or interstitial ... predominance: Respiratory ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Pumonary cardiogenic edema ... this is nodular interstitial ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... characterized by diffuse ... indistinguishable from acute respiratory ... distress syndrome ... #Clinical #Radiology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Consolidation ... #Lobar #Diffuse
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
resulting in lobar, diffuse ... opacities. 2- Interstitial ... the amount of air ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Lobar consolidation ... Innumerable, bilateral, diffusely ... empyema - Air-fluid ... xray #clinical #radiology ... #CXR