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The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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result in decreased lung ... - Emphysema - Lung ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison ... Emphysema #SignetRing #RadiologyAssistant
On the left three different patients with lung cysts.
From left to right: Lymphangiomyomatosis, LIP and Langerhans
patients with lung ... CTChest #Cystic #Comparison ... Histiocytosis #RadiologyAssistant
Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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Main Lung Ultrasound ... - Patchy, non-gravity ... COVID19 #POCUS #Lung ... #Ultrasound #Comparison
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
densities iin the left lung ... cavitation in the right lung ... #SepticEmboli #Cavity ... #RadiologyAssistant
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
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the surrounding lung ... Radiology #CTChest #Cavity ... Cyst #Emphysema #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant
Lungcancer
10% of lungcancers cavitate, most commonly squamous cell carcinoma.
Small cell lungcancer does not cavitate.
Bronchoalveolar carcinoma, or
large cavitating lung ... LungCancer #Cancer #Cavity ... #Cavitary #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... the apex and the lung ... In these cases comparison ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
structures of the lung ... Perilymphatic #Comparison ... #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Cavitation - Pneumonia
In virulent pyogenic infections an abscess may form within the consolidated lung as a
the consolidated lung ... coughed up, a cavity ... consolidation and the cavity ... #CXR #CTChest #Cavity ... CavitaryPneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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in the 'black' lung ... to the 'white' lung ... and 'white' lung ... #Attenuation #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant