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Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... chronic heart disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Upper Lobe Predominant ... Proteus Syndrome Diffuse ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Upper or middle lobe ... Nodule / mass • Masses ... Pericardial effusion • CXR ... #radiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
Pattern - Chest Radiology ... mm) nodules • Diffusely ... hematogenous spread of a disease ... diagnosis #pulmonary ... #CXR #clinical
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to think of the differential ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Disease • ... Diffuse Lung Disease ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Differential #
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... In chronic disease ... are so small and diffuse ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
appearances of pulmonary ... AIDS Patients • Diffuse ... complex • Nodular/Masses ... #diseases #differential ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... apices caused by ... Pulmonary Diseases ... #differential # ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
of lung) 2) Diffuse ... Rheumatologic/Autoimmune diseae ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #causes