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It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
and chronic consolidation ... diagnosis. ... Neoplasm with lobar ... - Lung neoplasms ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
a patient with cough ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Lobar #Consolidation
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
On the chest x-ray ... weight loss or long ... list of causes of chronic ... consolidation. ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Cough #Differential
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... non-productive cough ... dealing with the differential ... diagnosis of chronic ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... and dyspnea • Lobar ... consolidation or ... Abdominal pain, chronic
Diffuse consolidation in bronchoalveolar carcinoma
The chest x-ray shows diffuse consolidation with 'white out' of the left
carcinoma The chest ... x-ray shows diffuse ... patient had a chronic ... Final diagnosis: ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... dyspnea, productive cough ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
x-ray and has a ... limited differential ... diagnosis. ... #CXR #Lobar #Collapse ... #Patterns #Comparison
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
cough • Hypoxia ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... in the adjacent lung ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis