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Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
consolidation - Multifocal ... ill-defined consolidations ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Radiology #CXR ... #RadiologyAssistant
Bronchopneumonia Consolidation Pattern on Chest X-Ray

Patchy areas of consolidation that may be initially limited to one
Consolidation Pattern ... X-Ray Patchy areas ... progresses to multifocal ... #Chest #XRay #CXR ... #clinical #radiology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... Differential #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
lobar, diffuse or multifocal ... ill-defined opacities ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation ... #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis
The key findings in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis are:
Mosaic pattern with areas of ground-glass atenuation
pneumonitis are: Mosaic pattern ... shows a mosaic pattern ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Chronic #Fibrosis #RadiologyAssistant
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
larger ones are ill-defined ... are dealing with multifocal ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
Congestive heart failure
The findings are:
 - bilateral perihilar consolidation with air bronchograms and ill-defined borders
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bronchograms and ill-defined ... like to look at old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #RadiologyAssistant
Wegener's granulomatosis
Wegener's is a collagen vascular disease with vasculitis involving the lung, kidney and sinuses.
In the
areas of consolidation ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #GPA #Wegeners ... Granulomatosis #Multifocal ... #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... compared to the old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation ... #Comparison #RadiologyAssistant
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... comparison with old ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant