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Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
seen in bronchial obstruction ... caused by an obstructing ... CT demonstrated ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Mucus #Plugging #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
patient who had a CT ... based on this CT ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SeptalThickening #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
sensitivity for obstruction ... Non-contrast CT ... retroperitoneal disease CT-KUB ... lower dose than a CT-based ... stones #calculus #Radiology
On the left another patient with a large cardiac silhouette on the chest x-ray due to
on the coronal CT-reconstruction ... #Clinical #Radiology ... PericardialEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Unequal/DeIayed: • Obstructive ... • Hypovolemic shock ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
CT demonstrates ... On the CT cavitation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SepticEmboli #Cavity #RadiologyAssistant
The CT-images demonstrate the atelectasis of the left upper lobe (blue arrow).
There is a centrally located
The CT-images demonstrate ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Lobar #Collapse #Obstructive ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pulmonary bulla seen on chest #CT. #radiology #radiologyassistant #diagnosis #ctchest #em
seen on chest #CT ... #radiology #radiologyassistant
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
resulting in the obstruction ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #RadiologyAssistant
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
segmental post-obstructive ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant