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Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
alveoli: - Water - transudate ... to look at the pattern ... - Lobar or focal ... more than one pattern ... For instance a lobar
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... Consolidation - Lobar ... Consolidation #Patterns
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
Tuberculosis - Patterns ... Consolidation - Lobar ... Tuberculosis #TB #Patterns
Meigs Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Triad:
1) Pleural effusion + 
2) Ascites + 
3) Benign Ovarian
Diagnosis and Management ... exudative, but can be transudative ... diagnosis #ovarian #management
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
of these four patterns ... substances resulting in lobar ... Consolidation #Patterns
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Lobar pneumonia ... the alveoli with transudate ... Radiology #CXR #Lobar
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... 103-104°F) • Lobar ... Typhus Inversus Pattern ... usual diurnal pattern ... Lymphomas #Fever #Patterns
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
reticulonodular patterns ... Radiographic pattern ... Diagnosis • Management ... Blastomyces #diagnosis #management
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
Lobar atelectasis ... or lobar collaps ... children Sometimes lobar ... Radiology #CXR #Lobar ... #Collapse #Patterns
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... Chest #Breathing #Pattern