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Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
MD @DharSaty #csf ... #pleural #synovial ... fluidanalysis #thoracentesis
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural ... Cystic #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... way to detect pleural ... with signs of CHF ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Nodular pattern
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary TB: random nodules
3. Sarcoidosis: nodules with perilymphatic
the area next to pleura ... Nodular #Pattern #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
The distribution of nodules shown on HRCT is the most important factor in making an accurate
in relation to pleural ... fissures or the pleural ... to involve the pleural ... Perilymphatic #Comparison ... #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... edema and some pleural ... that helpful, but comparison ... #Exacerbation #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant
Stage II - Interstitial edema
Stage II of CHF is characterized by fluid leakage into the interlobular
edema Stage II of CHF ... perpendicular to the pleura ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... Intersitial #Edema #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In these cases comparison ... during a period of CHF ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... 70% of cases of CHF ... If pleural effusion ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... PleuralEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
heart failure (CHF ... interstitium and the pleural ... a patient with CHF ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CHF ... Findings #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant