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Lobar consolidation
The most common presentation of consolidation is lobar or segmental.
The most common diagnosis is lobar
table lists the differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential # ... RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
Fibrosis and parenchymal ... distortion in a mid zone ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... have more than one ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
On the PET-CT there is both a tumor in the left lung, aswell as in the
There were mutiple bone ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #PETCT #LUL ... #Lobar #Collapse ... #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... Neoplasm with lobar ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... disease (i.e. fibrosis ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
the result of one ... substances resulting in lobar ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
Lobar atelectasis ... has a limited differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Collapse ... Patterns #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Longstanding Sarcoidosis
Here a typical chest film in a patient with long standing Sarcoidosis (stage IV).
There is
There is fibrosis ... The differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral # ... #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
consolidations, but one ... dealing with the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant