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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
- Diffuse consolidation ... - Multifocal ill-defined ... mass - Solitary Pulmonary ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Radiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
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Diffuse consolidation ... The most common cause ... of diffuse consolidation ... infection, ARDS ... #Diffuse #Consolidation
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
usually multiple ill-defined ... lobar pneumonia caused ... The old name is ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... granulomatosis - Churg-Strauss ... syndrome - Giant ... cell arteritis Infectious ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Disease • Diffuse ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Eosinophilia Infection ... Helminthic: Loffler syndrome ... polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss ... Washington University ID ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
AIDS Patients • Diffuse ... complex • Nodular/Masses ... Sarcoma • Focal Consolidation ... tuberculosis Infectious ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
confirm DAH, r/o infection ... Goodpasture's cause ... leading to diffuse ... hemorrhage (DAH) • Diffuse ... ground glass or consolidative
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
and effusion - Pulmonary ... super-early stage, then diffuse ... infection; alveolar ... interstitial syndrome ... POCUS #features #Radiology
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... • HRCT: patchy consolidation ... studies legionella/strep ... lymphoma, Diffuse ... #ILD #diagnosis